Karel Čáslavský (28 January 1937 in

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– 2 January 2013 in

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) was a

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and

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. Čáslavský worked as a historian for the National Film Archive (Národní filmový archiv) of the

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(and

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) from 1963 until his death in 2013. Čáslavský created and hosted several

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s including the long-running ''In Search of Lost Time'', which aired on Czech TV for more than twenty years. In the series, ''In Search of Lost Time'', Čáslavský presented, discussed and aired archival films. Čáslavský also authored a two volume

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series on Czech and Czechoslovak film actors. Čáslavský died in

on 2 January 2013, at the age of 75.

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