Jindřich Polák

Director, Screenwriter

Date of birth

5 May 1925

Place of birth

Praha, Československo

Date of death

22 August 2003

Place of death

Praha, Česká republika

Filmography

Cathy and Those Ghosts Again

1992

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Cathy and the Ghosts

1992

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Tau

1988

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Merry Christmas from the Octopuses!

1986

DirectorShooting ScriptOriginal StoryScreenplay

Octopuses from the Second Floor

1986

DirectorShooting ScriptOriginal StoryScreenplay

Lucy, Terror of the Street

1983

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Lucy Again

1983

DirectorScreenplayShooting Script

Death of Hitch-Hikers

1979

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Alarm in the Clouds

1978

DirectorOriginal StoryScreenplayShooting Script

I Won’t Conjure After Today

1978

DirectorOriginal StoryScreenplayShooting Script

I’ll Get Up and Scald Myself with Tea Tomorrow

1977

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Piano Player’s Night

1976

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Mr Tau will Arrange it

1972

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Mr Tau in the Circus

1972

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A Search for Mr Tau

1972

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Mr Tau and a Thousand Spells

1972

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Mr Tau and a Trip Round the World

1972

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Mr Tau and the Taxi-Driver

1971

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Mr Tau and Claudia

1970

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Mr Tau and Sunday

1970

DirectorOriginal StoryScreenplayShooting Script

Mr Tau at the Mountains

1970

DirectorOriginal StoryScreenplayShooting Script

Mr Tau Arrives

1970

DirectorOriginal StoryScreenplayShooting Script

Mr Tau Gives Presents

1970

DirectorOriginal StoryScreenplayShooting Script

Mr Tau Goes to School

1969

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Mr Tau and Cold!

1969

DirectorShooting ScriptOriginal StoryScreenplay

Riders of the Sky

1968

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A Game without Rules

1967

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The Figure Skater and Fidelity

1965

Director

Ikarie XB 1

1963

DirectorOriginal StoryScreenplay

Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket

1962

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The Fifth Division

1960

Shooting ScriptDirector

Death in the Saddle

1958

DirectorShooting ScriptOriginal StoryScreenplay

Sons of the Mountains

1956

Second Unit Director

Music from Mars

1954

Second Unit Director

The Nuremberg Express

1953

Second Unit Director

Kidnapped

1952

Assistant Director

The Merry Duel

1950

Assistant Director

Krakatit

1948

Assistant Director

The Silent Barricade

1948

Assistant Director

Presentiment

1947

Assistant Director

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 25. festival české filmové a televizní komedie Novoměstský hrnec smíchu Nové Město nad Metují

2003
Nové Město nad Metují / Czech Republic

Vítěz

Festival: 18. festival českých a slovenských filmů Košice

1980
Košice / Czechoslovakia
Death of Hitch-Hikers

Vítěz

Event: Čestný titul Zasloužilý umělec

1980
Praha / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Event: Čestné diplomy Za záslužnou práci pro rozvoj československé socialistické kinematografie

1980
Praha / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 12. mezinárodní festival fantastických filmů a hororů Sitges

1979
Sitges / Spain
I’ll Get Up and Scald Myself with Tea Tomorrow

Vítěz

Exhibition: 10. celostátní přehlídka filmů pro děti a mládež Gottwaldov

1970
Zlín / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Event: Umělecké prémie za rok 1952

1953
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Kidnapped

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Krakatit

Revue

Ikarie XB 1 in the West

The screening of Ikarie XB 1 as part of the Cannes Classic presentation was not the first opportunity foreign audiences ...

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