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Elmar Klos(1910-1993)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Elmar Klos
Elmar Klos was born on 26 January 1910 in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for The Shop on Main Street (1965), Smrt si ríká Engelchen (1963) and Obzalovaný (1964). He died on 19 July 1993 in Prague, Czech Republic.
BornJanuary 26, 1910
DiedJuly 19, 1993(83)
BornJanuary 26, 1910
DiedJuly 19, 1993(83)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

Known for

The Shop on Main Street (1965)
The Shop on Main Street
8.2
  • Director
  • 1965
Smrt si ríká Engelchen (1963)
Smrt si ríká Engelchen
7.5
  • Director
  • 1963
Obzalovaný (1964)
Obzalovaný
7.2
  • Director
  • 1964
Adrift (1971)
Adrift
6.9
  • Director
  • 1971

Credits

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Director

  • Bizon (1989)
    Bizon
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Adrift (1971)
    Adrift
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1971
  • The Shop on Main Street (1965)
    The Shop on Main Street
    8.2
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Obzalovaný (1964)
    Obzalovaný
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Smrt si ríká Engelchen (1963)
    Smrt si ríká Engelchen
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Týden zacíná v pátek (1962)
    Týden zacíná v pátek
    6.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Laterna magika II (1960)
    Laterna magika II
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Tri prání (1958)
    Tri prání
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Tam na konecne (1957)
    Tam na konecne
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Mladé dny (1956)
    Mladé dny
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Hudba z Marsu (1955)
    Hudba z Marsu
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1955
  • Únos (1953)
    Únos
    4.4
    • Director
    • 1953
  • IX. Sjezd KSC
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Prazský hrad
    • Director
    • 1947
  • Dvakrát kaucuk
    Short
    • Director
    • 1946

Writer

  • Adrift (1971)
    Adrift
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 1971
  • The Shop on Main Street (1965)
    The Shop on Main Street
    8.2
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Obzalovaný (1964)
    Obzalovaný
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Smrt si ríká Engelchen (1963)
    Smrt si ríká Engelchen
    7.5
    • screenplay
    • 1963
  • Laterna magika II (1960)
    Laterna magika II
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Zkouska pokracuje (1960)
    Zkouska pokracuje
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • Tri prání (1958)
    Tri prání
    7.5
    • screenplay
    • 1958
  • Hudba z Marsu (1955)
    Hudba z Marsu
    5.3
    • story and screenplay
    • 1955
  • Únos (1953)
    Únos
    4.4
    • story and screenplay
    • 1953
  • Karel Höger and Zdenka Procházková in Mrtvý mezi zivými (1947)
    Mrtvý mezi zivými
    7.1
    • screenplay
    • 1947
  • Tri knoflíky
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1945
  • Ferda Mravenec (1944)
    Ferda Mravenec
    7.2
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1944
  • River of Life and Death
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1941
  • Kolem dokola
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • V dome strasí duch
    Short
    • screenplay
    • 1937

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Anne Bennent and Antonia Reininghaus in Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie (1979)
    Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
    7.5
    TV Mini Series
    • second assistant director (as Elmar Kloss)
    • 1979
  • Tilo Prückner in Der Schneider von Ulm (1978)
    Der Schneider von Ulm
    6.6
    • assistant director
    • 1978
  • Rolf Boysen, Karl Walter Diess, and Romuald Pekny in Wallenstein (1978)
    Wallenstein
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • assistant director
    • 1978
  • Jacques Breuer in Good-for-Nothing (1978)
    Good-for-Nothing
    5.4
    • assistant director (as Elmar Kloss)
    • 1978
  • Adelheid Arndt, Kaki Hunter, and Antonia Reininghaus in Der Mädchenkrieg (1977)
    Der Mädchenkrieg
    6.4
    • assistant director
    • 1977
  • Adrift (1971)
    Adrift
    6.9
    • assistant director (as Elmar Klos ml.)
    • 1971
  • Písen o sletu (1949)
    Písen o sletu
    • second assistant director: second unit
    • 1949

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Elmar Kloss
  • Born
    • January 26, 1910
    • Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • July 19, 1993
    • Prague, Czech Republic(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 488-492, under entry "Kadar, Jan". New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

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