Jan Zázvorka

Architect, Stage Designer

Date of birth

2 May 1914

Place of birth

Praha, Rakousko-Uhersko

Date of death

14 October 1991

Place of death

Praha, Československo

Alternative names

Johann Zark (pseudonym)

Filmography

A Night’s Dream

1985

Production Designer

The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle

1981

Production Designer

Palette of Love

1976

Production Designer

The Three Innocent

1973

Production Designer

The Holy Sinner

1970

Production Designer

Young Boháček’s Sufferings

1969

Production Designer

The Determined Lady

1969

Production Designer

Those Few Days...

1968

Production Designer

The Best Woman in My Life

1968

Production Designer

Spring Waters

1968

Production Designer

Between a Quarter and Half

1968

Production Designer

Strictly Secret Premieres

1967

Production Designer

The Girl with Three Camels

1967

Production Designer

Trailer Folk

1966

Production Designer

Pipes

1966

Production Designer

The Figure Skater and Fidelity

1965

Production Designer

The Star Called Wormwood

1964

Production Designer

The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler

1964

Production Designer

Three Men in a Cottage

1963

Production Designer

Ikarie XB 1

1963

Production Designer

Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket

1962

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An Ardent Heart

1962

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The Man from the First Century

1961

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The Call of the Arctic

1961

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The Cock Scares Death Away

1961

Production Designer

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

1961

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Closing Time

1960

Production Designer

The Slinger

1960

Production Designer

Dreams for Sunday

1959

Production Designer

The Avenger

1959

Production Designer

How Franta Learnt to Fear

1959

Production Designer

The Bear and the Ghosts

1959

Production Designer

Games and Dreams

1958

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The Black Battalion

1958

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A Legal Case /Of Things Supernatural/

1958

Production Designer

The Secret of a Handwriting /Of Things Supernatural/

1958

Production Designer

A Halo /Of Things Supernatural/

1958

Production Designer

The Bus Leaves at 1.30

1957

Production Designer

The End of the Clairvoyant

1957

Production Designer

Don't Annoy Me, Christina!

1956

Production Designer

In a Fix

1956

Production Designer

Jurášek

1956

Production Designer

The Man in the Air

1955

Production Designer

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King

1954

Production Designer

A Warning

1953

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The Café in High Street

1953

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Giant Shoe-Factory

1953

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The Nuremberg Express

1953

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Hašek's Tales from the Old Monarchy

1952

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Steam Above a Pot

1950

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The 1848 Revolutionary Year

1949

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Matouš the Cobbler

1948

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Krakatit

1948

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The Red Lizard

1948

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The Silent Barricade

1948

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Wild Barbara

1948

Production Designer

A Week in the Quiet House

1947

Production Designer

Presentiment

1947

Production Designer

The Portrait

1947

Production Designer

Nobody Knows Anything

1947

Production Designer

Jan Roháč of Dubá

1947

Production Designer

The Avalanche

1946

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The Mischievous Bachelor

1946

Production Designer

Rose from a Rose

1945

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The River Is Performing Magic

1945

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Rosina the Foundling

1945

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The Dancing Girl

1943

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Happy Journey

1943

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Mist in the Moorland

1943

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The Fourteenth at the Table

1943

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The House of the Five Squirrels

1943

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Tall, Broad and Sharp-Eyes-Sighted

1942

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I'll Be Right Over

1942

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Enchanted

1942

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Skill of Gold

1942

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Fish Out of Water

1942

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Men Don't Age

1942

Production Designer

Prince Wenceslas

1942

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Prelude

1941

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The Glove

1941

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From the Czech Mills

1941

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The Incendiary's Daughter

1941

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Nocturnal Butterfly

1941

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Chalk and Cheese

1941

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The Blue Veil

1941

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I'll Give My Wife in Marriage

1941

Production Designer

Jan Cimbura

1941

Production Designer

Happiness For Two

1940

Production Designer

May Fairy Tale

1940

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Love Song

1940

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The Masked Lover

1940

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Finally Alone

1940

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The Catacombs

1940

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Second Shift

1940

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Women in Waiting

1940

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Artur and Leontýna

1940

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Munchhausen

1940

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For a Friend

1940

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Věra Lukášová

1939

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We Are Studying Outside the School!

1939

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Examples Work Wonders

1939

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Mrs Kačka Intervenes

1939

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Merry Poverty

1939

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Fiery Summer

1939

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Kristian

1939

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The Magic House

1939

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If I Were a Dad

1939

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He Stood at the Till...

1939

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The Star from the Back of Beyond

1939

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Eva Fools Around

1939

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A Well-Placed Man

1939

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Girl In Blue

1939

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The Court of God

1938

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Upside Down

1938

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Zborov

1938

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Vanda's Troubles

1938

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The Lantern

1938

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The Klapzuba's Eleven

1938

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Jarka and Věra

1938

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High School Dream

1938

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Forbidden Love

1938

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Ducháček Will Fix It

1938

Production DesignerCast

Role: on sám v úvodních titulcích

Children to Order

1938

Production Designer

The Way of the Cross

1938

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The Third Ringing

1938

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Blackmailer

1937

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Widow from the Sky

1937

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The Cross by the Brook

1937

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Jarča's Professor

1937

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Army Twins

1937

Production Designer

The Career of Mother Lízalka

1937

Production Designer

Jan Výrava

1937

Production Designer

Vojnarka

1936

Production Designer

The Golem

1936

Assistant Production Designer

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 20. festival českých a slovenských filmů Ústí nad Labem

1982
Ústí nad Labem / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Festival: 20. festival českých a slovenských filmů Ústí nad Labem

1982
Ústí nad Labem / Czechoslovakia
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle

Vítěz

Event: Čestný titul Zasloužilý umělec

1964
Praha / Czechoslovakia

Vítěz

Event: Umělecké prémie za rok 1951

1952
Praha / Czechoslovakia
The Emperor's Baker – The Baker's Emperor

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Matouš the Cobbler

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Krakatit

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1948
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Presentiment

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Jan Roháč of Dubá

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
The Portrait

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1947
Praha / Czechoslovakia
A Week in the Quiet House

Vítěz

Event: Aprobační komise pro schvalování českých filmů

1946
Praha / Czechoslovakia
The Mischievous Bachelor

Vítěz

Event: Národní ceny za umění filmové

1941
Praha / Czechoslovakia
The Masked Lover

Vítěz

Event: Národní ceny za umění filmové

1941
Praha / Czechoslovakia
Nocturnal Butterfly