Evald Schorm

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-12-15 (57 years old)

Deathday

1988-12-14

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Evald Schorm

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 prestigious F.A.M.U. between 1957 and 1962. He went on to create documentaries with the Documentary Film Studio in Prague. Schorm also worked as a film actor. Following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Communist government repressed his films. Still, Schorm remained in Czechoslovakia and directed opera, stage plays, and sometimes television shows. H...

Acting

1969

The Joke

as Kostka

1987

1984

1980

Escape Home

as Hugo Jílek

1967

Production

1966

Reflection

as Story

1966

Reflection

as Screenplay

1966

1966

Pearls of the Deep

as Screenplay

1966

Reflection

as Director

1969

1969

The End of a Priest

as Screenplay

1965

1969

Revenge

as Director

1965

Psalm

as Director

1970

Lítost

as Director

1977

Etuda o zkoušce

as Director

1977

1977

Etuda o zkoušce

as Screenplay

1969

Křepelky

as Director

1969

Prague Nights

as Director

1962

Stromy a lidé

as Director

1968

Seven Days to Remember

as Cinematography

1963

Living Your Life

as Director

1967

King and Women

as Director

2008

The Karamazov Brothers

as Theatre Play

1971

Z mého života

as Director

1971

Úklady a láska

as Director

1971

1964

Why?

as Director

1964

Why?

as Writer

1988

1969

Confusion

as Director

1969

Prague Nights

as Screenplay

1961

Spadla s měsíce

as Assistant Director

1971

Dogs and People

as Director

1963

Railwaymen

as Director

1963

Railwaymen

as Idea

1963

Railwaymen

as Screenplay

1959

Blok 15

as Director

1959

Blok 15

as Story

1959

Blok 15

as Screenplay

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