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Ján Kadár (1918–1979)

Director | Writer | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Expatriate from Czechoslovakia, came to the USA in 1968. See more trivia »

Born:

Janos Kadár
in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)

Died:

(age 61) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1979 Freedom Road (TV movie)
 
1978 The Other Side of Hell (TV movie) (as Jan Kadar)
 
1977 The Blue Hotel (TV movie)
 
1975 Lies My Father Told Me
 
1970 Adrift
 
1970 The Angel Levine
 
1965 Obzalovany
 
1965 The Shop on Main Street
 
1963 Smrt si rika Engelchen
 
1960 Magic Lantern II
 
1958 Tri prání
 
1957 At the Terminus
 
1956 Days of Youth (documentary)
 
1956 Spartakiáda (documentary)
 
1955 Music from Mars
 
1953 Kidnapped
 
1949 Katka
 
1946 Sú osobne zodpovední
 
1945 Na troskách vyrastá zivot
 
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1970 Adrift
 
1965 Obzalovany
 
1965 The Shop on Main Street
 
1960 Magic Lantern II
 
1955 Music from Mars (story and screenplay)
 
1953 Kidnapped (story and screenplay)
 
1947 Don't You Know of an Unoccupied Flat? (screenplay / story)
 
1949 High Flies the Hawk (documentary) (second assistant director: second unit)
 
1947 Don't You Know of an Unoccupied Flat? (assistant director)
 
1947 A Dead Man Among the Living (assistant director)
 
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1998 Bigbít (TV series documentary) (acknowledgment: archive footage - 1 episode)
– Akord klub, Suchý a Slitr, Samuels, EP HI-FI, FAPS, P. Bobek, Paralax, Komety (1998) (acknowledgment: archive footage)
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Jan Kadar | János Kadár
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Expatriate from Czechoslovakia, came to the USA in 1968. See more »

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Aries