FILM DIRECTOR

Juraj Herz

1934 - 2018

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Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy The Cremator, often cited as one of the best Czechoslovak films of all time, though many of his other films achieved cult status. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juraj Herz has received more than 133,413 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Juraj Herz is the 641st most popular film director (down from 625th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Juraj Herz ranks 641 out of 2,041. Before him are Michel Deville, Segundo de Chomón, Im Kwon-taek, Gianfranco Parolini, Renato Castellani, and John Cromwell. After him are Robert Stevenson, Aleksandr Ptushko, David Zucker, Sergio Sollima, Jean-Pierre Mocky, and Rob Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Juraj Herz ranks 219. Before him are Aram Tigran, Uwe Johnson, Roberto Clemente, Lev Polugaevsky, Gennadiy Aygi, and Fayza Ahmed. After him are Francisco J. Ayala, Richard Swinburne, Zilda Arns, Carmelo Simeone, Jimmy Fontana, and John Brunner. Among people deceased in 2018, Juraj Herz ranks 190. Before him are Abbas, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, René Houseman, Luigi Taveri, Gianfranco Parolini, and Philip Bosco. After him are Levko Lukianenko, Ramón Chao, Frank Carlucci, James Karen, Stanislav Govorukhin, and Evelyn Berezin.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Juraj Herz ranks 104 out of 418. Before him are Matthias Bel (1684), Václav Ježek (1923), Viliam Široký (1902), Titus Buberník (1933), Imre Madách (1823), and Ladislav Jurkemik (1953). After him are Kálmán Mikszáth (1847), Magdaléna Vášáryová (1948), Géza von Radványi (1907), Imre Németh (1917), Ján Pivarník (1947), and Alexander Dukhnovych (1803).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Slovakia

Among film directors born in Slovakia, Juraj Herz ranks 3. Before him are Ivan Reitman (1946), and Juraj Jakubisko (1938). After him are Géza von Radványi (1907), Jaromil Jireš (1935), Péter Bacsó (1928), and Štefan Uher (1930).

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Filmography

The Cremator
Director
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
Mar 14th 19697.755 / 10
The Shop on Main Street
Director
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.
Sep 9th 19657.3 / 10
Beauty and the Beast
Director
Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.
Mar 2nd 19797.5 / 10