Antonín Kachlík

Directing·Feb 26, 1923·Kladno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

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Antonín Kachlík (26 February 1923 – 20 April 2022) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films between 1948 and 1987. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. Kachlík was born in Rozdělov [cs], Czechoslovakia (now Kladno-Rozdělov). He grew up in Malá Dobrá until 1931, when his family relocated to Prague. He attended the Prague-Karlín trade academy. During World War II, Kachlík joined an underground resistance movement where he printed and distributed leftist leaflets, and after graduating from school in 1942, he was forced into working for Germany as a member of the fire brigades in the Ruhr area. Here, he helped the Germans clean up debris after the Allied Forces' nightly air raids. After World War II, he attended the College of Political and Social Sciences, before applying for an education at the Film Academy (FAMU) in 1946. He ended up graduating from the Film Academy in 1950. After graduating, Kachlík went to Zlín to work as a dramaturge in the Workers’ Theatre, before joining the military in 1952, and serving until 1954.

Film	Credit
On a Wayward Princess1987 · Director	Director
AAdieu, mládí1986 · Director	Director
Kouzelníkův návrat1985 · Director	Director
Kouzelné dobrodružství1983 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Požáry a spáleniště1981 · Director	Director
NNa koho to slovo padne...1980 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Radost až do rána1979 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Moravian Land1978 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Náš dědek Josef1977 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Dvacátý devátý1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Zločin v Modré hvězdě1974 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Jezdec formule risk1973 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
We, the Lost Girls1972 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Prince Bajaja1971 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
I, Mournful God1969 · Director of the operetta, Screenplay, Director	Director of the operetta, Screenplay, Director
Death Behind a Curtain1967 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
TTřiatřicet stříbrných křepelek1965 · Director	Director
Pršelo jim štěstí1964 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Bylo nás deset1963 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
ČČervnové dny1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
VVltava po válce1949 · Director	Director