Jiří Weiss
Directing
Born 1913-03-29
Died 2004-04-09
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue.
Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s.
Weiss was interested in studying at film school, but his parents wished he studied law. While still a minor, he left his home and lived with his friend K. M. Walló [cs]. Weiss started to work as a copywriter in advertising. His father, who disagreed with his life choices and could still make decisions about his underage son, had him institutionalized in a mental hospital. Weiss never spoke to his father ever again. In his early twenties, he started working as a copywriter for the Prague branch of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At this time, he wrote his first book – a story for children O věrné Hadimršce. He befriended leading intellectuals of the Left Front in Prague, including Vladislav Vančura and Ivan Olbracht. In 1934, Vančura invited him to be an assistant cinematographer on his movie Marijka the Faithless, based on Olbracht's book.
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Filmography
Directing
36 credits
Promiňte, omyl!
Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
The Golden Fern
Vstanou noví bojovníci
Můj přítel Fabián
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
A Life at Stake
Murder Czech Style
Martha and I
Die Herberge
90° in the Shade
That Kind of Love
Spravedlnost pro Selvina
The Coward
The Illusion Factory
Wild Beasts
Wolf Trap
The Last Shot
The Sun Shines On The River Lužnicí
Waterloo
Wie man seinen Gatten los wird
Song of Ruthenia
Dejte nám křídla
Eternal Prague
Days of Joy
The Rape of Czechoslovakia
John Smith Wakes Up
We Will Remain Faithful
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
Who Killed Jack Robins?
Before the Raid
The Stolen Border
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
The Other RAF
100,000,000 Women
Night and Day
Writing
26 credits
Promiňte, omyl!
Píseň o sletu – I. část – Mládí
People Govern Themselves
The Golden Fern
Můj přítel Fabián
The King of Kings
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
A Life at Stake
Murder Czech Style
Martha and I
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
Die Herberge
90° in the Shade
That Kind of Love
Spravedlnost pro Selvina
The Coward
The Illusion Factory
Wild Beasts
Wolf Trap
The Girl Robinson Crusoe
Dejte nám křídla
Days of Joy
We Will Remain Faithful
Píseň o sletu – II. část – Bratři a sestry
The Stolen Border
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover
Acting
14 credits
Vstanou noví bojovníci
Ves v pohraničí
V trestném území
Křížová trojka
Conscience
O ševci Matoušovi
That Kind of Love
The Illusion Factory
Wolf Trap
The Last Shot
Nevíte o bytě?
Pan Habětín odchází
Marijka the Unfaithful
Zkrocený živel
Other credits
2 credits
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