FILM DIRECTOR

Jaromil Jireš

1935 - 2001

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Jaromil Jireš (10 December 1935 – 24 October 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement.His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professional actors, and "art-cinema realism".Another of Jireš's prominent works is The Joke (1969), adapted from a novel by Milan Kundera. It tells the story of Ludvik Jahn, a man expelled from the Czechoslovakian Communist Party for an idle joke to his girlfriend, and the revenge he later seeks through adultery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaromil Jireš has received more than 81,792 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaromil Jireš is the 732nd most popular film director (down from 689th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 109th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Slovak Film Director.

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Over the past year Jaromil Jireš has had the most page views in the with 11,369 views, followed by Czech (4,895), and Italian (1,791). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bashkir (50.50%), Russian (49.74%), and Italian (43.51%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jaromil Jireš ranks 732 out of 2,041. Before him are Alexei Uchitel, Dan O'Bannon, Rudolph Maté, Hans Hass, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Konrad Wolf. After him are Pupi Avati, Karel Lamač, James Whale, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fernando Trueba, and Karl Freund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jaromil Jireš ranks 234. Before him are Dimitri Kitsikis, Ronald Graham, Norma Bengell, Velasio de Paolis, Sabahudin Kurt, and Josef Vojta. After him are Eiko Kadono, Fabio Cudicini, Juan Bautista Agüero, Grigore Vieru, Yıldırım Akbulut, and Jorge Griffa. Among people deceased in 2001, Jaromil Jireš ranks 152. Before him are Phoolan Devi, Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Berry Berenson, Paul Magloire, Stelios Kazantzidis, and Salahuddin of Selangor. After him are Helge Ingstad, Don Bradman, Arie van Vliet, Malcom McLean, Robert Leckie, and Enrique Mateos.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Jaromil Jireš ranks 121 out of 418. Before him are Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766), Ján Čarnogurský (1944), Ernest Nagel (1901), Miroslav Lajčák (1963), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), and Stan Mikita (1940). After him are Marián Masný (1950), Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924), Margit Slachta (1884), Pál Szinyei Merse (1845), Ignatz Kolisch (1837), and Roland Jacobi (1893).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Slovakia

Among film directors born in Slovakia, Jaromil Jireš ranks 5. Before him are Ivan Reitman (1946), Juraj Jakubisko (1938), Juraj Herz (1934), and Géza von Radványi (1907). After him are Péter Bacsó (1928), and Štefan Uher (1930).

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Filmography

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Director
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
Oct 16o 19707 / 10
The Joke
Director
In the 1950s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of a politically incorrect note he sent to his girlfriend. Fifteen years later, he tries to get his revenge by seducing Helena, the wife of one of his accusers.
Feb 28o 19696.681 / 10
Pearls of the Deep
Director
A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
Jan 7o 19666 / 10