Jan Schmidt

Jan Schmidt

Jan Schmidt was a Czech film director and actor, known for his work in Czechoslovak cinema. He directed several films between 1960 and 1995, including Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967) and The Lanfier Colony (1969). Schmidt's films often delved into dystopian and post-apocalyptic themes, reflecting the socio-political climate of his time. His contributions have left a lasting impact on Czech cinema. Schmidt passed away in 2019.

  • Title: Jan Schmidt
  • Popularity: 0.1316
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1934-01-03
  • Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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  • Also Known As: Ян Шмидт, Я. Шмидт
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Jan Schmidt Movies

  • 1982
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    Jehla

    Jehla

    2 1982 HD

    In a veterinary research institute, its workers are trying to deal with the sudden appearance of rabies. However, the work problem grows into a...

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  • 1961
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    The Night Guest

    The Night Guest

    7.5 1961 HD

    When a man stops at a motel one evening in 1961, his tormenting behavior drives one of the people present at the motel to remember his experiences in...

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  • 1958
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    A Box of Film

    A Box of Film

    1 1958 HD

    A film about filmmaking.

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  • 1978
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    You Are Not Alone

    You Are Not Alone

    7.416 1978 HD

    Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and...

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  • 1983
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    Putování Jana Amose

    Putování Jana Amose

    4 1983 HD

    The distressing fate of the Czech great Jan Amos Komenský, forced to leave his homeland after the White Mountain disaster. It depicts his...

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  • 1984
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    Komediant

    Komediant

    5 1984 HD

    Saxony, devastated by the Thirty Years' War, is led by the comedy troupe of the principal Fortunato. The student Vavrinec has fled Bohemia and...

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  • 1985
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    Love from the Passage

    Love from the Passage

    4 1985 HD

    Nineteen-year-old Pavel Kříž spends all his free time in Prague's arcades, bistros and discos with a group of thieves called Roby. Pavel has...

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  • 1961
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    Jarní povětří

    Jarní povětří

    7 1961 HD

    People in Czechoslovakia perceive the events of February 1948 differently. This movie tells how they behave depending on their views, beliefs and...

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  • 1964
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    Joseph Kilian

    Joseph Kilian

    6.7 1964 HD

    The story is about Harold, an isolated figure in an overwhelming world of totalitarian bureaucracy. Harold tries to find the elusive Joseph Kilian,...

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  • 1963
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    Life Without a Guitar

    Life Without a Guitar

    1 1963 HD

    A group of jolly young people work in the Prague Tesla factory, also spending most of their leisure time together. One of them, guitar player Zdenek,...

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  • 1964
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    The Cry

    The Cry

    6.9 1964 HD

    While a woman is in the hospital preparing to deliver her child, her husband has all day to reflect upon his wife and their relationship. As he tends...

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  • 1979
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    House Call

    House Call

    8 1979 HD

    Third movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu

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  • 1978
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    Settlement of Crows

    Settlement of Crows

    6.3 1978 HD

    First movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu, based on the works of Eduard...

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  • 1978
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    On the Great River

    On the Great River

    7 1978 HD

    Second movie of the famous Czech adventure trilogy: Osada Havranů Na veliké rece Volání rodu

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  • 1967
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    The End of August at the Hotel Ozone

    The End of August at the Hotel Ozone

    6.2 1967 HD

    A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a...

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  • 1964
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    Joseph Kilian

    Joseph Kilian

    6.7 1964 HD

    The story is about Harold, an isolated figure in an overwhelming world of totalitarian bureaucracy. Harold tries to find the elusive Joseph Kilian,...

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  • 1968
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    Lanfieri Colony

    Lanfieri Colony

    5 1968 HD

    Horn tries to forget the insult caused to his beloved and builds a hut on an island inhabited by a small colony recently founded by the now drunken...

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  • 1995
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    How to Deserve a Princess

    How to Deserve a Princess

    5.9 1995 HD

    A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard.

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  • 1976
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    The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes

    The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes

    7 1976 HD

    Exotic, yet lyrically aimed fairy tale about a young gypsy Pista in search of a beautiful, gentle and faithful bride. An old man told him where to...

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  • 1971
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    Luk královny Dorotky

    Luk královny Dorotky

    1 1971 HD

    Set in a vagabond and petty bourgeois environment, the three stories deal with the pitfalls of love, the petty and insidious betrayals of trust.

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  • 1974
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    Siroty

    Siroty

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1971
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    Luk královny Dorotky

    Luk královny Dorotky

    1 1971 HD

    Set in a vagabond and petty bourgeois environment, the three stories deal with the pitfalls of love, the petty and insidious betrayals of trust.

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  • 1961
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    August Sunday

    August Sunday

    4 1961 HD

    This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local...

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  • 1991
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    Vracenky

    Vracenky

    5.4 1991 HD

    In the fifites the 10 year old boy Honza lives with his single mother in Prague. The mother is a dedicated communist in the beginning but she changes...

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  • 1986
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    Podfuk

    Podfuk

    1 1986 HD

    Lying in the construction industry used to be a criminal offence, but skilful people could do a lot of things. This somewhat embarrassing tragicomedy...

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  • 1986
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    Podfuk

    Podfuk

    1 1986 HD

    Lying in the construction industry used to be a criminal offence, but skilful people could do a lot of things. This somewhat embarrassing tragicomedy...

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  • 1981
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    Concert

    Concert

    1 1981 HD

    Rock concerts used to be suspicious. They were supposed to attract all sorts of strange individuals who meant no good. In this case, it's a pair of...

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  • 1981
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    Concert

    Concert

    1 1981 HD

    Rock concerts used to be suspicious. They were supposed to attract all sorts of strange individuals who meant no good. In this case, it's a pair of...

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  • 1984
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    Amadeus

    Amadeus

    8.027 1984 HD

    Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young...

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  • 1983
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    The Death of a Talented Cobbler

    The Death of a Talented Cobbler

    5 1983 HD

    Captain Exner solves another detective mystery - this time while he's on vacation. The most elegant of Czech crime novelists has chosen a quiet town...

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  • 1983
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    The Death of a Talented Cobbler

    The Death of a Talented Cobbler

    5 1983 HD

    Captain Exner solves another detective mystery - this time while he's on vacation. The most elegant of Czech crime novelists has chosen a quiet town...

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  • 1974
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    Vodník a Zuzana

    Vodník a Zuzana

    7 1974 HD

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  • 1959
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    Cars Without a Home

    Cars Without a Home

    6.3 1959 HD

    Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.

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  • 1962
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    Black and White Sylva

    Black and White Sylva

    9 1962 HD

    A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and...

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  • 1968
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    Lanfieri Colony

    Lanfieri Colony

    5 1968 HD

    Horn tries to forget the insult caused to his beloved and builds a hut on an island inhabited by a small colony recently founded by the now drunken...

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  • 1959
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    Cars Without a Home

    Cars Without a Home

    6.3 1959 HD

    Jan Schmidt and Pavel Juráček turn their attention to the problem of Czechoslovakia's unloved cars in this whimsical documentary short.

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  • 1967
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    The End of August at the Hotel Ozone

    The End of August at the Hotel Ozone

    6.2 1967 HD

    A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a...

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  • 1981
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    Concert

    Concert

    1 1981 HD

    Rock concerts used to be suspicious. They were supposed to attract all sorts of strange individuals who meant no good. In this case, it's a pair of...

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  • 1995
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    How to Deserve a Princess

    How to Deserve a Princess

    5.9 1995 HD

    A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard.

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  • 2009
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    Golden Sixties

    Golden Sixties

    1 2009 HD

    Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Sixties

    Golden Sixties

    1 1970 HD

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