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Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the film The Shop on Main Street.
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.
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Aug 2, 1993 · Elmar Klos, a Czech film director who shared an Academy Award for the 1965 film "The Shop on Main Street," died on July 19 in Prague. He was 83.
director, writer. 83 years (Czechia). biography, photo, best movies and TV shows, awards, news, birthday and age, Date of Death. «Bizon» (1989), «Touha zvaná Anada» (1971), «The Shop on Main Street» (1965), «Defendant» (1963), «For We Too Do Not Forgive» (1962)...
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- January 26, 1910
- Director, Writer, Actor
- July 31, 1993
Sep 17, 2001 · Of all my films, The Shop on Main Street touches me most closely. Elmar Klos and I usually work as equal partners, but in this case he left me a free hand.
Elmar Klos was born on January 26, 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 July 19, 1993 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Klos' and Kadar's best known film internationally was the intensely powerful, Oscar-winning portrait of a man assigned to "guard" an elderly Jewish woman during...
