Jiří Brdečka

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-12-24 (65 years old)

Deathday

1982-06-02

Place of Birth

-

Jiří Brdečka

Biography

Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director. Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family, as his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), was a writer under the pseudonym Alfa. Brdečka studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939. He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum and found occasional work as a newspaper journalist and cartoonist. He worked as a press agent for the studio Lucernafilm from summer 1941 to the end of 1942. In 1...

Acting

Production

1964

Lemonade Joe

as Screenplay

1963

When the Cat Comes

as Screenplay

1963

The King of Kings

as Dramaturgy

1954

A Drop Too Much

as Lyricist

1953

O světle

as Screenplay

1953

O světle

as Story

1964

Lemonade Joe

as Novel

1948

1956

1948

Andělský kabát

as Screenplay

1966

Joy of Love

as Screenplay

1948

Šváb

as Screenplay

1949

Papírové nocturno

as Screenplay

1969

1957

Roztržka

as Lyricist

1957

1957

Snadný život

as Screenplay

1972

Straw Hat

as Dramaturgy

1972

The Stolen Battle

as Dramaturgy

1969

Prague Nights

as Director

1963

1958

Wolf Trap

as Screenplay

1982

1964

Lemonade Joe

as Costume Design

1966

Joy of Love

as Story

1984

1962

1966

Joy of Love

as Director

1962

1959

1964

Minstrel's Song

as Director

1966

1969

Metamorpheus

as Director

1968

Revenge

as Director

1968

Revenge

as Screenplay

1948

1974

The Miner's Rose

as Director

1974

The Miner's Rose

as Screenplay

1973

The Face

as Screenplay

1973

The Face

as Director

1958

1959

Watch Out!

as Writer

1959

Watch Out!

as Director

1962

1961

1961

1959

Why UNESCO?

as Screenplay

1962

1961

Man Under Water

as Director

1961

1965

The Deserter

as Director

1965

The Deserter

as Writer

1964

1969

Metamorpheus

as Writer

1963

1966

1963

How to Keep Slim

as Director

1974

Accordion Song

as Director

1973

The Unlucky One

as Director

1980

Unrecognized

as Writer

1981

1981

1978

Love

as Writer

1981

1974

1975

Closed Due to Illness

as Art Designer

1978

Love

as Director

1981

1968

1973

1975

1980

Unrecognized

as Director

1978

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

as Graphic Designer

1969

Prague Nights

as Screenplay

1959

Taková láska

as Screenplay

1952

1947

1953

Old Czech Legends

as Screenplay

1953

1947

The Gift

as Story

1947

The Gift

as Screenplay

1946

1954

Severní přístav

as Screenplay

1969

1951

1951

1951

Mouchy

as Screenplay

1963

1949

1959

Bomb Mania

as Screenplay

1954

A Drop Too Much

as Screenplay

1957

Lost Children

as Screenplay

1952

1956

1964

Lemonade Joe

as Lyricist

1964

Lemonade Joe

as Theatre Play

1947

Parohy

as Costume Design

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