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Karel Steklý

Czech director (1903-1987) · Czechia · On the map · Directors · Died at 83

Karel Steklý was a Czech film director. He is most famous for his film Siréna (1947) for which he won the Golden Lion, and The Good Soldier Schweik (1957).

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1987Died5 July 19871981Hra o královnuFilm, Director, Writer1979Skandál v Gri-Gri baruFilm, Director, Writer1975Za volantem nepřítelFilm, Director, Writer1973Národní umělecAward1971Svatby pana VokaFilm, Director, Writer1958I Dutifully ReportFilm, Director, Writer1955Strakonický dudákFilm, Director, Writer1951TemnoFilm, Director, Writer1947Beware!Film, Writer1944The Respectable Ladies of PardubiceFilm, Writer1942Městečko na dlaniFilm, Writer1940Život je krásnýFilm, Writer1938Klabzuba's ElevenFilm, Writer1934From the Frying-Pan Into the FireFilm, Writer1932Powder and PetrolFilm1903Born9 October 1903

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Awards

Národní umělec1973
Order of the Republic
Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald State Prize

About this person

Country
Czechia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1987 · aged 83

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