Jiří Sequens
Jiří Sequens (23 April 1922 – 21 January 2008) was a Czech film director.
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- Name
- Jiří Sequens
- Born
- 23 April 1922
- Birthplace
- Brno, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 21 January 2008
- Place of death
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Occupation
- Film & TV Director
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia · Czech Republic
- Education
- Brno Conservatory
- Honours
- Národní umělec
- Languages
- Czech
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• Name — Jiří Sequens • Born — 23 April 1922 • Birthplace — Brno, Czechoslovakia • Died — 21 January 2008 • Place of death — Prague, Czech Republic • Occupation — Film & TV Director • Years Active — 1948–2008
Life
Life
Sequens was born in Brno. After the Second World War, he went to Moscow where he studied film techniques. When he returned to Czechoslovakia he worked for Czechoslovak film industry. Sequens was an author of the propagandistic Czech films/TV series. His 1959 film Útek ze stínu was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Medal. His 1964 film Atentát was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize. Two years later he was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1981 film Ta chvíle, ten okamžik won a Special Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. He died in a hospital in Prague of natural causes.
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Selected filmography
• Illustration — Grave of Jiří Sequens in Bubeneč, Prague • Třicet případů majora Zemana • Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka • Vražda v hotelu Excelsior • Partie krásného dragouna • Pěnička a Paraplíčko • The Sinful People of Prague • Atentát • Větrná hora
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Jiří Sequens was born in Brno.
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Jiří Sequens died in Prague.
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Jiří Sequens died in Central Military Hospital Prague.
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- 1.Export nach Westen. 1966. 21.
- 2.Inge Dombrowski: „Die richtige Rolle im richtigen Moment“. Gespräch mit „Melissa“-Held Günther Stoll. In: Hamburger Abendblatt, 18./19. Juni 1966, S. 25 (Online; PDF; 1,8 MB)
- 3.1986 wurde von Regisseur Antonín Moskalyk unter dem Titel Panoptikum der Stadt Prag (Panoptikum města pražského) eine 10-teilige Fortsetzung gedreht, wiederum mit den Inspektoren Mrázek, Brůžek und Bouše. Da Jaroslav Marvan 1974 verstorben war, wurde als neue Hauptfigur der von Jiří Adamíra gespielte Polizeirat Korejs eingeführt.
- 4.radio.cz
- 5.nytimes.com
- 6.20080315193540. Die 30 Fälle des Major Zeman / Die Kriminalfälle des Major Zeman.
- 7.radio.cz
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