Jan Zázvorka (2 May 1914 – 14 January 1991) was a Czech

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and

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.Soister, John T. & Nicolella, Henry. ''Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950''. McFarland, 2016. p. 213 He designed the

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s for more than a hundred productions in a career that spanned many decades. As an architect he worked on the National Monument at Vítkov and Praha-Smíchov railway station.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1937) * ''

Arthur and Leontine ''Arthur and Leontine'' (Czech: ''Artur a Leontýna'') is a 1940 Czech comedy film directed by Miroslav Josef Krnanský and starring Jiří Dohnal, Lída Baarová and František Smolík. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jan Zázv ...

'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' The Dancer'' (1943) * ''

Fourteen at the Table ''Fourteen at the Table'' (Czech:''Čtrnáctý u stolu'') is a 1943 Czechoslovak crime comedy film directed by Oldřich Nový and Antonín Zelenka and starring Karel Höger, Ludvík Veverka and Helena Friedlová.Bock & Bergfelder p.353 It w ...

'' (1943) * '' The Avalanche'' (1946) * '' Nobody Knows Anything'' (1947)

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* 1914 births 1991 deaths Czech art directors Architects from Prague {{Czech-bio-stub