Oldřich Lipský (4 July 1924 – 19 October 1986) was a Czech film director and screenwriter, brother of actor Lubomír Lipský.
Oldřich Lipský | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 July 1924 |
| Died | 19 October 1986 (aged 62) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Actor, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1946–1984 |
All his films were comedies, frequently employing themes of Dadaism, farce and magical realism. He was a frequent collaborator with actor Miloš Kopecký, who appeared in most of his works.
He was creating film before, during and after the Prague Spring.
Selected filmography
edit- Thunder in the Hills (1946)
- The Hen and the Sexton (1951)
- Haškovy povídky ze starého mocnářství (1952)
- Cirkus bude! (1954)
- Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph (1955)
- Hvězda jede na jih (1958)
- Man in Outer Space (1962)
- Lemonade Joe (1964)
- Happy End (1967)
- I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
- Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971)
- Straw Hat (1971)
- Circus in the Circus (1974)
- Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (1974)
- Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
- Dinner for Adele (1977)
- Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
- The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
- Srdečný pozdrav ze zeměkoule (1983)
- The Three Veterans (1984)
External links
edit- Oldřich Lipský at IMDb
- Biography (in Czech)
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