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Filmmaker · Czechia

František Vláčil

Died in 1999

František Vláčil was born on 19 February 1924 in Český Těšín, the son of an officer, a former legionnaire in Russia. He studied aesthetics and art history at the University of Brno, worked in the Brno animation and scientific film studios, then from 1951 to 1958 at the Army Film in Prague, before joining the Barrandov studios, where he remained until 1989. After the revolution, he chaired the Czech Film and Television Academy; he died in Prague on 27 January 1999.

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