Jiří Sequens (23 April 1922 – 21 January 2008) was a Czech film director.

Life

Sequens was born in Brno. After the Second World War, he went to

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where he studied film techniques. When he returned to

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he worked for

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film industry. Sequens was an author of the propagandistic Czech films/TV series. His 1959 film '' Útek ze stínu'' was entered into the

1st Moscow International Film Festival The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film ''Destiny of a Man'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury) * Antonin Br ...

where it won a Golden Medal. His 1964 film ''

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'' was entered into the

4th Moscow International Film Festival The 4th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1965. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film ''War and Peace'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and the Hungarian film '' Twenty Hours'' directed by Zoltán Fábri. Ju ...

where it won a Golden Prize. Two years later he was a member of the jury of the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The fe ...

. His 1981 film '' Ta chvíle, ten okamžik'' won a Special Prize at the

12th Moscow International Film Festival The 12th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1981. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Brazilian film '' O Homem que Virou Suco'' directed by João Batista de Andrade, the Vietnamese film '' The Abandoned Field: Free ...

. He died in a hospital in

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of natural causes.

Selected filmography

* Třicet případů majora Zemana * Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka * Vražda v hotelu Excelsior * Partie krásného dragouna * Pěnička a Paraplíčko * The Sinful People of Prague *

* Větrná hora

References

External links

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Jiří Sequens, a gifted filmmaker who compromised his talents
1922 births 2008 deaths Czech film directors Czechoslovak film directors Czechoslovak expatriates in the Soviet Union {{Czech-bio-stub