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Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s.
Juraj Herz (1934-2018) was a filmmaker known for his dark and surreal works, such as The Cremator and Beauty and the Beast. He also acted in several films, including Journey to Rome and Ferat Vampire, and wrote screenplays based on Alfred Jarry and other authors.
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- Kezmarok, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
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- Prague, Czech Republic
Juraj Herz (4. září 1934 Kežmarok – 8. dubna 2018) byl slovenský režisér, scenárista a herec židovského původu. Pocházel ze židovské rodiny, byl pokřtěn, pak byl ateistou. Studoval fotografii na Umělecko-průmyslové škole v Bratislavě a později režii a loutkoherectví na DAMU v Praze .
Apr 8, 2020 · Learn about the life and work of Juraj Herz, a filmmaker who survived the concentration camp and made surreal and political horror films. Explore his influential movies like The Cremator, Morgiana, Beauty and the Beast, and The Night Overtake Me.
Aug 21, 2013 · My short interview with legendary director Juraj Herz about his masterpiece "The Cremator" (1969). A dark comedy about a crematorium manager during the secon...
The director of The Cremator, Morgiana and many more gothic gems still awaiting discovery in the West, Herz was an anomaly amongst his Czech New Wave contemporaries. He died at the age of 83, leaving an important legacy to Czechoslovakian cinema, much of which is still under-explored outside of his native homeland.
Apr 18, 2018 · Before we lost Milos Forman and Vittorio Taviani over the weekend, the Slovak Spectator reported that Juraj Herz, the Czech actor and director best known for his 1968 film The Cremator, had passed away at the age of eighty-three.
