Evald SchormFilmography

Born:
December 15, 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation:
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Biography:
At one time, Czech director Evald Schorm was known as "the conscience of the Czech New Wave" and was known for using film to promote notions of compassion, equality, and individualism in the face of social structure. Originally an opera singer, the Prague native studied filmmaking at the...Read More

  • Vlastne Se Nic Nestalo

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jana Brejchova, Jan Kacer, Tereza Brodska, Jan Potmesil, Marek Vasut

    Synopsis: Moviemaker Evald Schorm, once described as "the conscience of the Czech New Wave," had been inactive for several years before completing his valedictory film Vlastne se Nic Nestalo. The title translates to Killing with Kindness, which pretty much says it all. The protagonist is a young woman Read More

    1989

  • Uteky Domu

    Actors: Jana Brejchova, Jan Kanyza, Evald Schorm, Milos Kopecky

    Synopsis: In this warm human-interest story, a 12-year-old boy discovers by accident that he is adopted, and sets out on a quest to find his identity through his biological parents - but first he must find the children's home that signed him over to his present mother. His mother is married to a man younger Read More

    1981

  • Etuda O Zkousce

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    1976

  • Bastyasetany hetvennegy

    Actors: Evald Schorm, Lili Monori, Robert Koltai, Lajos Öze

    Synopsis: Two buffoonish bureaucrats are forced to house a large group of people of all ages and discover that their rule-making procedures don't work as well on people in the home. This social comedy is also a musical, with songs composed by Ferenc Gyulai. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

    1974

  • The Joke

    Actors: Josef Somr, Jana Ditetova, Ludek Munzar, Evald Schorm, Vera Kresadlova

    Synopsis: A man who has been drummed out of the Communist Party for telling a joke seeks revenge by seducing the wife of a prominent official. He is sent to be rehabilitated but believes the party has fallen victim to insiders who pay lip service to communal society virtues but are only out for themselves. Read More

    1969

  • The Nights of Prague

    Crew: Director

    Synopsis: All three of the tales in this anthology are set in Prague. The first two tales, "The Bread Shoes" and "The Poisoned Poisoner," come from medieval times. The third, "The Golem," is a Yiddish legend that tells the story of a Polish rabbi who creates a live clay man for Rudolph II. When the renowned Read More

    1968

  • Fararuv Konec

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Jan Libicek, Zdena Skvorecka, Jana Brejchova, Vladimir Valenta

    Synopsis: The Czechoslovakian End of a Priest was released in its country of origin as Fararuv Konec. Vlastimil Brodsky stars as a church bell-ringer with a predilection for dressing up as a priest. A couple of local atheists try to expose Brodsky by setting him up with a prostitute. The phony priest gets Read More

    1968

  • Pet Holek Na Krku

    Crew: Director, Screenwriter

    Actors: Andrea Cunderlikova, Jana Krupickova, Lucie Zulova

    Synopsis: A pretty teenage girl of 15 tries to fit in with the rest of the kids at school. She is envied by four young girls who admire her beauty and are impressed with her family's economic status. When the girl falls for a young boy in her class, the jealous teenage girls try to break up their romance. Read More

    1968

  • Nyvrat Ztraceneho Syna

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jan Kacer, Jana Brejchova, Jirí Menzel

    Synopsis: The mind of a man whose life is apparently running smoothly but who attempts suicide is delved into in this sincere movie. The story catches up with him during his treatment at a mental health clinic which grants him short passes away, but to which he must return. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Read More

    1967

  • Zalm

    Crew: Director

    1966

  • O Slavnosti a Hostech

    Actors: Ivan Vyskocil, Jan Klusak, Jiri Nemec, Pavel Bosek

    Synopsis: This experimental Czechoslovakian film seems disturbingly akin to the works of Spain's Luis Bunuel. A group of happy picnickers runs afoul of Jan Klusak, a bullying sadist who has some sort of unbreakable hold over his followers. Klusak subjects the picnickers to a cruel psychological game Read More

    1966

  • Zrcadleni

    Crew: Director

    1965

  • Pearls of the Deep

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Ferdinand Kruta, Alois Vachek

    Synopsis: Five directors team up for this drama that strings the stories together in one 105-minute Czech feature. "Mr. Baltazar's Death" is directed by Jiri Menzel. Jan Nemec directs "The Imposters" in which two elderly men nearing death keep themselves alive by telling each other lies about their careers. Read More

    1965

  • Kazdy Den Odvahu

    Crew: Director

    Actors: Jan Kacer, Vlastimil Brodský

    Synopsis: A young worker bores his friends with his socialist dogma when he feels they are not living up to the ideals of the utopian socialist dream. His girlfriend becomes concerned when he tries to force friends to attend archaic lectures on the virtues of communism and when his fanaticism begins to Read More

    1964

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