Jaroslav Blažek (3 August 1896 – 9 August 1976) was a Czech

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. He worked in the Czech film industry from the

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to the

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. He also shot a 1940 comedy film ''

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'' at the Palatino Studios in

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Selected filmography

* '' Madame Golvery'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' The Organist at St. Vitus' Cathedral'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' U nás v Kocourkově'' (1934) * '' Na Svatém Kopečku'' (1934) * '' Vzdušné torpédo 48'' (1937) * '' Hordubalové'' (1937) * ''

'' (1940) * '' Second Tour'' (1940) * '' The Hard Life of an Adventurer'' (1941)

References

Bibliography

* Cowie, Peter. ''A Concise History of the Cinema: Before 1940''. A. Zwemmer, 1971. p. 156.

External links

* 1896 births 1967 deaths Czech cinematographers People from Prague {{Czech-bio-stub