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Věra Chytilová

Czech film director (1929-2014) · Czechia · On the map · Directors · Died at 85

Věra Chytilová was a Czech avant-garde filmmaker. Banned by the Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her 1966 Czech New Wave film Daisies. Among her subsequent films are Wolf's Hole (1987), A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1989) and The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992).

Věra Chytilová is read about 105 times a day, in 38 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 110 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2014Died12 March 20142012Naughty Young People: Chytilová, Kučera, KrumbachováFilm2009Golden SixtiesSeries2006Pleasant MomentsFilm, Director, Writer2005Annual award ACFKAward2003Trója v proměnách časuFilm, Director, Writer2000Flights and FallsSeries, Director, Writer1998Czech Medal of Merit, 1st classAwardTrapsFilm, 1998Director, Writer1995GENUSSeries, Director, Writer1992The Inheritance or FuckoffguysgooddayFilm, Director, Writer1990TGM the LiberatorFilm, Director, Writer1987Wolf's HoleFilm, Director, Writer1984The Very Late Afternoon of a FaunFilm, Director, Writer1981Chytilová Versus FormanFilm, Director1971ComradesFilm, Director, Writer1963A Bagful of FleasFilm, Director, Writer1960CaterwaulingFilm, Director, Writer1951The Emperor and the GolemFilm, First Handmaiden1929Born2 February 1929

People around Věra

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 37

98 credits on file

Television 3

Media & music

Awards

Annual award ACFK2005
Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class1998

About this person

For her work, she received the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the Czech Medal of Merit and the Czech Lion award.

Country
Czechia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2014 · aged 85

In the same film or series as Věra

Karel GottAlso in The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992)Bohumil HrabalAlso in Pearls of the Deep (1966)Marta KubišováAlso in Searching for Ester (2005)Zdeněk SvěrákAlso in Calamity (1982)

Directors from Czechia 1

Jan Svěrák53.7 of 100