Elmar Klos

writer • director • assistant_director

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. They directed the 1963 film Death Is Called Engelchen, which entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and won a Golden Prize.

Born: January 26, 1910 in Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]

Died: July 19, 1993 (age 83)

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Known For

6.7

The Shop on Main Street

Movies & TV Credits

34 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel Movie	7.7	Actor	Self	2018
Golden Sixties TV Show	—	Actor	Self (archive footage)(1 Episode)	2009
Nemocný bílý slon Movie	5.8	Actor	—	1990
Bison Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1989
Přijď, až zase omládnu Movie	—	Actor	Himself	1986
Adrift Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1971
An Occasion to Speak Movie	—	Actor	Self	1966
The Shop on Main Street Movie	8.0	Writing	Screenplay	1965
Defendant Movie	7.0	Actor	—	1964
Defendant Movie	7.0	Directing	Director	1964
Death Is Called Engelchen Movie	7.4	Writing	Screenplay	1963
Three Wishes Movie	7.5	Writing	Screenplay	1963
Zkouška pokračuje Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1960
Laterna magika II Movie	6.6	Directing	Director	1960
At the Terminus Movie	7.3	Directing	Director	1957
Mladé dny Movie	—	Directing	Director	1956
Hudba z Marsu Movie	5.1	Writing	Screenplay	1955
Kidnapped Movie	4.8	Directing	Director	1953
Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí Movie	—	Directing	Field Director	1949
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry Movie	—	Directing	Field Director	1949
A Dead Man among the Living Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1947
2x Bail Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1947
Vzpoura hracek Short Film	7.6	Writing	Story	1946
Tři knoflíky Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1944
Ferda Mravenec Short Film	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1944
The River of Life and Death Movie	—	Directing	Director	1941
Silnice zpívá Short Film	6.4	Directing	Director	1937
A Little Shoe Movie	—	Writing	Screenplay	1935
Tři kroky od těla Movie	6.3	Writing	Screenplay	1934
Before Graduation Movie	6.6	Actor	—	1932
The Innkeeper 'At the Wild Beauty' Movie	4.4	Writing	Screenplay	1932
The Lovers of an Old Criminal Movie	7.1	Writing	Screenplay	1927
The Loves of Kačenka Strnadová Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1926
The Fake Sweetheart Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1926

Elmar Klos

Known For

Adrift

Defendant

Death Is Called Engelchen

The Shop on Main Street

Movies & TV Credits