Zbyněk Brynych (13 June 1927 – 24 August 1995) was a Czech

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and

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. He directed 30 films between 1951 and 1985.

Selected filmography

Czechoslovakia * '' Suburban Romance'' (1958) * ''Five in a Million'' (1959) * ''Skid'' (1960) * ''Every Penny Counts'' (1961) * ''Don't Take Shelter When It Rains!'' (1962) * ''

Transport from Paradise ''Transport from Paradise'' () is a 1962 Czech drama film directed by Zbyněk Brynych. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Cast * Zdeněk Štěpánek as Council of Elders leader David Löwenbach * Ilja ...

'' (1962) * ''Constellation of the Virgo'' (1965) * '' The Fifth Horseman Is Fear'' (1965) * ''Transit Carlsbad'' (1966) * '' I, Justice'' (1968) Germany * '' Der Kommissar'' (1969–1970, TV series, 4 episodes) * ''Amerika, or The Man Who Disappeared'' (1969, TV film) — (based on '' Amerika'' by

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) * ' (1970) * ' (1970) * ' (1970) * ''The Night in Lisbon'' (1971, TV film) — (based on '' The Night in Lisbon'' by

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) * ''

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'' (1975–1994, TV series, 37 episodes) * ''

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External links

* Zbyněk Brynych: Zigzags of Film Directing. https://me.cherkasgu.press/journals_n/1749817853.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawK6l7BleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1ZUFRckYzMHhrNzNXYnhoAR4YQQXLmnABxUptzGaWfpJLqivu9JyyI1x7ms9__t0vBGCj0agumcC_OR898w_aem_E42sDHoKXZOfK2Ow4PoAcQ 1927 births 1995 deaths Czech film directors Czech male screenwriters People from Karlovy Vary 20th-century Czech screenwriters {{CzechRepublic-film-director-stub