Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the film '' The Shop on Main Street''. They directed the 1963 film '' Death Is Called Engelchen'', which entered into the

3rd Moscow International Film Festival The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film ''8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * S ...

and won a Golden Prize.

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1910 births 1993 deaths Czech film directors Czechoslovak film directors Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Film people from Brno Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery {{CzechRepublic-film-director-stub