Dušan Trančík (born 26 November 1946) is a Slovak

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 22 films between 1968 and 1993. His 1991 film ''

When the Stars Were Red ''When the Stars Were Red'' ( sk, Keď hviezdy boli červené) is a 1991 Czech drama film directed by Dušan Trančík. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Václav Koubek as Josef Brezík * Alena Ambrová as ...

'' was entered into the

41st Berlin International Film Festival The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1991. The festival opened with ''Uranus'' by Claude Berri. The Golden Bear was awarded to Italian film '' La casa del sorriso'' directed by Marco Ferreri. The ret ...

. In 2012 he was granted funding for his next production ''The Donor''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1991)

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* 1946 births Living people Slovak film directors Czechoslovak film directors Film people from Bratislava {{Slovakia-film-director-stub