Juraj Herz
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Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 9 April 2018) was a Czech film director, actor, and scenic designer who was born when Kežmarok was a part of Czechoslovakia. He directed for both film and television; and in the latter capacity, he directed episodes of a joint French-Czech television series based on the Maigret novels of Georges Simenon. As a film director, he was self-taught, studied photography at the University of Applied Arts in Bratislava and directing and puppetry at The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU).
He is best-known for his film The Cremator.
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Selected filmography
- The Junk Shop (Sběrné surovosti, 1965)
- The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1968)
- Oil Lamps (Petrolejové lampy, 1971)
- Morgiana (1972)
- Day for My Love (Den pro mou lásku, 1976)
- Panna a netvor (1978)
- Deváté srdce (1979)
- Upír z Feratu (1982)
- Habermann (Habermannův mlýn, 2010)
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