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Pavel Juráček

Pavel Juráček

Writer · 1935–1989 · Príbram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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Biography

Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Although not as famous as Miloš Forman or Jiří Menzel, he was an exponent of the Czech New Wave as well. He worked at Prague Barrandov Studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, his movie career came to an end.

Wrote 22

2000s

  1. 2002

    The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver

    Book

1990s

  1. 1990

    Ark of Fools

    Creative Producer

  2. Larks on a String

    Creative Producer

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    On the Great River

    Story

  3. Settlement of Crows

    Story

  4. 1971

    Kinoautomat

    Screenplay, Story

  5. 1970

    Fruit of Paradise

    Creative Producer

  6. A Case for a Rookie Hangman

    Screenplay, Creative Producer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Diane's Body

    Creative Producer

  2. Krvavý román

    Screenplay

  3. Zvony pana Hejhuly

    Screenplay

  4. 1967

    The End of August at the Hotel Ozone

    Story, Screenplay

  5. 1966
  6. Every Young Man

    Screenplay, Story

  7. Nobody Will Laugh

    Screenplay

  8. 1964

    The Jester's Tale

    Screenplay

  9. Joseph Kilian

    Screenplay, Story

  10. 1963

    The Dynamite Watcher

    Screenplay

  11. 1962

    Ceiling

    Story

1950s

  1. 1959

    Cars Without a Home

    Dialogue

Directed 5

1970s

  1. 1970

    A Case for a Rookie Hangman

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Zvony pana Hejhuly

    Director

  2. Krvavý román

    Director

  3. 1966

    Every Young Man

    Director

  4. 1964

    Joseph Kilian

    Director

Appearances2

2010s

  1. 2018

    CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

    Self

1950s

  1. 1958

    A Box of Film

    Self