
Jiří Brdečka
Writing
Born: 1917-12-24
Died: 1982-06-02
Biography
Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director. Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family, as his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), was a writer under the pseudonym Alfa. Brdečka studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia forced the closing of the school in 1939. He then became an administrative clerk at the Prague Municipal Museum and found occa
🎬 Movies (30)

Universum Brdečka
2017
Himself (archive footage)

The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun
1984
Book

The Three Veterans
1984
Story

Das Feuer des Faust
1982
Writer
An Unhappy Marriage
1981
Writer
The Outlaw's Wife
1981
Director

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
1981
Story
Prince Copperslick's Thirteenth Chamber
1980
Director
Unrecognized
1980
Director

Prince and the Evening Star
1979
Screenplay

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
1978
Love
1978
Writer
The Double Life of Josef Hlinomaze
1976
Director
What I Haven't Told the Prince
1975
Director
Closed Due to Illness
1975
Writer
The Miner's Rose
1974
Screenplay
Accordion Song
1974
Director
The Face
1973
Screenplay
The Unlucky One
1973
Director

Straw Hat
1972
Dramaturgy

The Stolen Battle
1972
Dramaturgy

There Was a Miller on a River
1971
Director

How Wise Aristotle Became Even Wiser
1970
Writer

Prague Nights
1969
Story

Metamorpheus
1969
Director
Historie blechatého psa
1969
Short Story

Revenge
1968
Director

The Power of Destiny
1968
Writer

Joy of Love
1966
Screenplay

Forester’s Song
1966
Director