Jan S. Kolár (11 May 1896 – 30 October 1973) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor and film historian. He directed a big budget historical film St. Wenceslas.
Jan Stanislav Kolár was born Jan Nepomucký Josef Kohn in a Jewish family in Prague. The whole family converted to Christianity and changed their surname to Kolár. He studied law at Charles University and graduated in 1921. His favorite directors of the silent era were D. W. Griffith and Paul Wegener. He started directing films in 1917.
The most important surviving Kolár's films are a crime drama The Poisoned Light, a fantasy horror The Arrival from the Darkness, and a historical film St. Wenceslas. He stopped directing after 1929 and later worked as a studio executive in a nationalized film industry and then as a film historian in Czech Film Archive. He continued to act in supporting roles until his retirement in 1964.[1]
In 2018 a DVD boxset with seven of Kolár's films was released by Czech Film Archive.[2]
kolár, 1896, october, 1973, czech, film, director, screenwriter, actor, film, historian, directed, budget, historical, film, wenceslas, born, 1896, 1896prague, austria, hungarydied30, october, 1973, 1973, aged, prague, czechoslovakianationalityczechoccupation,. Jan S Kolar 11 May 1896 30 October 1973 was a Czech film director screenwriter actor and film historian He directed a big budget historical film St Wenceslas Jan S KolarBorn 1896 05 11 11 May 1896Prague Austria HungaryDied30 October 1973 1973 10 30 aged 77 Prague CzechoslovakiaNationalityCzechOccupation s Film directorScreenwriterActor Contents 1 Life 2 Selected filmography 2 1 Director and Screenwriter 3 References 4 External linksLife EditJan Stanislav Kolar was born Jan Nepomucky Josef Kohn in a Jewish family in Prague The whole family converted to Christianity and changed their surname to Kolar He studied law at Charles University and graduated in 1921 His favorite directors of the silent era were D W Griffith and Paul Wegener He started directing films in 1917 The most important surviving Kolar s films are a crime drama The Poisoned Light a fantasy horror The Arrival from the Darkness and a historical film St Wenceslas He stopped directing after 1929 and later worked as a studio executive in a nationalized film industry and then as a film historian in Czech Film Archive He continued to act in supporting roles until his retirement in 1964 1 In 2018 a DVD boxset with seven of Kolar s films was released by Czech Film Archive 2 Selected filmography EditDirector and Screenwriter Edit Year Title Director Screenwriter Notes1917 Polykarp s Winter Adventure Yes Yes Short film1918 The Oriental Languages Teacher Yes Yes Short film1919 Teddy Would Like to Smoke No Yes Short film Considered lost Lady with the Small Foot Yes Yes Co directed with Premysl Prazsky Alois Wins the Lottery No Yes Considered lost Chord of Death Yes Yes Considered lost 1920 The Missing Letters No YesThe Song of Gold Yes Yes Considered lost 1921 The Cross by the Brook Yes YesThe Poisoned Light Yes Yes Co directed with Karel Lamac The Arrival from the Darkness Yes YesThe Torn Photograph Yes Yes Short film1922 The Maharajah s Pleasure No Yes Considered lost The Dead are Living Yes Yes Considered lost 1925 Parnasie No YesThe Sun Disciples No Yes1926 The Three Loves of Rina Sezimova Yes Yes1928 Eve s Daughters No Yes1929 St Wenceslas Yes Yes1937 Blackmailer No YesReferences Edit Jan S Kolar Filmovy prehled in Czech NFA Martin Srajer 2018 Otravene svetlo a Prichozi z temnot na DVD Filmovy prehled in Czech NFA Retrieved 20 February 2020 External links EditJan S Kolar at IMDb This article about a Czech film director is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan S Kolar amp oldid 1141124525, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
