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Leos Janácek(1854-1928)

  • Music Department
  • Writer
  • Composer
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Leos Janácek was born on 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and composer, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Cunning Little Vixen and NET Opera Theater (1967). He was married to Zdenka Schulzova. He died on 12 August 1928 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
BornJuly 3, 1854
DiedAugust 12, 1928(74)
BornJuly 3, 1854
DiedAugust 12, 1928(74)
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Known for

Lena Olin in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
7.2
  • Music Department
  • 1988
Cunning Little Vixen
Cunning Little Vixen
  • Music Department
    Elaine Bonazzi in The Trial of Mary Lincoln (1972)
    NET Opera Theater
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    The Red Turtle (2016)
    The Red Turtle
    7.5
    • Soundtrack
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Paradise Lost (2023)
      Paradise Lost
      TV Series
      • music
      • 2024
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2022)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • music
      • 2022
    • Czech Roots: Kazushi Ono dirige le London Symphony Orchestra (2020)
      Czech Roots: Kazushi Ono dirige le London Symphony Orchestra
      • Music Department
      • 2020
    • Jenufa (2019)
      Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • composer
      • 2019
    • From the House of the Dead (2018)
      From the House of the Dead
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2018
    • Lukava mala lisica (2017)
      Lukava mala lisica
      Video
      • music
      • 2017
    • Toni in Tomcat (2016)
      Tomcat
      6.4
      • stock music
      • 2016
    • Katia Kabanova (2015)
      Katia Kabanova
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2015
    • Polychrome Dances (2015)
      Polychrome Dances
      Video
      • music
      • 2015
    • Vec Makropulos (2015)
      Vec Makropulos
      Video
      • music
      • 2015
    • Leos Janácek: Jenufa (2015)
      Leos Janácek: Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2015
    • Jenufa (2015)
      Jenufa
      Video
      • music (as Leos Janacek)
      • 2015
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2014)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • music
      • 2014
    • Die Sache Makropulos (2014)
      Die Sache Makropulos
      Video
      • music
      • 2014
    • Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (2012)
      Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
      Video
      • music
      • 2012

    Writer

    • Janácek: Jenufa (2022)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2022
    • Jenufa (2019)
      Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2019
    • From the House of the Dead (2018)
      From the House of the Dead
      TV Movie
      • libretto by
      • 2018
    • Lukava mala lisica (2017)
      Lukava mala lisica
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2017
    • Vec Makropulos (2015)
      Vec Makropulos
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2015
    • Leos Janácek: Jenufa (2015)
      Leos Janácek: Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2015
    • Jenufa (2015)
      Jenufa
      Video
      • libretto (as Leos Janacek)
      • 2015
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2014)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2014
    • Die Sache Makropulos (2014)
      Die Sache Makropulos
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2014
    • Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (2012)
      Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2012
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2011)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2011
    • Vec Makropulos (2011)
      Vec Makropulos
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2011
    • Katia Kabanova
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2008
    • From the House of the Dead (2008)
      From the House of the Dead
      8.4
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2008
    • The Cunning Little Vixen (2003)
      The Cunning Little Vixen
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2003

    Composer

    • Jenufa Royal Opera House
      Video
      • Composer (as Leos Janacek)
      • 2021
    • Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002)
      Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
      6.6
      • music by (segment "One Moment")
      • 2002
    • Zápisník zmizelého
      TV Short
      • Composer (as Leos Janacek)
      • 1970
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Leos Janacek
    • Born
      • July 3, 1854
      • Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]
    • Died
      • August 12, 1928
      • Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic](pneumonia)
    • Spouse
      • Zdenka SchulzovaJuly 13, 1881 - August 12, 1928 (his death, 2 children)
    • Other works
      (book) "Janacek's Uncollected Essays on Music". Translated and edited by Mirka Zemanova. London: Marion Boyars Publishers, Ltd., 1989. ISBN 0714528579
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Print Biography
      • 1 Article

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