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Ladislav Mňačko
Born January 29, 1919
Died February 24, 1994 · aged 75
No biography available.
Known For
Death Is Called Engelchen · 1963Death Is Called Engelchen
★ 6.41963
MovieDramaWar
Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, he recalls the events that led to his participation in the underground. Holding German occupation commander Engelchen responsible for all the horrors and deprivations heaped upon his comrades, Pavel is kept alive by the possibility of recovering and exacting vengeance upon the Nazi officer - no matter how long it takes.
Rochade · 1992Rochade
★ 9.01992
MovieCrime
At the centre of Peter Patzak's existentialist film noir stands the hopeless struggle against the arms mafia in Czechoslovakia and its connections with Austria after the fall of the iron curtain.
Flucht · 1977Flucht
★ 3.31977
MovieCrimeDrama
On Wednesday night, violent criminal Karl Schanz escapes from Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel prison. Disguised as a policeman, he manages to get to the apartment of young Christine, the wife of his best friend and former fellow inmate. Christine has no idea that Schanz has already stabbed a man to death during his escape. His goal: by taking the senior public prosecutor hostage, he wants to extort a million marks and a flight to South America...
Das einsame Haus · 1974Das einsame Haus
1974
MovieThrillerMystery
A young and an old man meet in a lonely, remote house. Who is who? What about the body that is on the first floor? Both distrust each other. A tough duel begins between them that ends fatally ...
Man in a Great Hall · 1964Man in a Great Hall
1964
MovieDocumentary
An artistic documentary based on a report of the same name from Ladislav Mňaček's book Where Dirt Roads End. A psychological reflection on the feelings of an individual who operates like a modern, fully automated control room of a large hydroelectric power plant. His subjective ideas intertwine with the environment of the workplace, accompanied by the music of J. S. Bach.
The Taste Of Death · 1995The Taste Of Death
★ 7.01995
MovieDramaCrime
A young promising Olympian, Robert, shoots two police officers in a fit of rage. Lieutenant Morton sets out on his trail with a single goal in mind: to catch the killer.
Der Leuchtturm · 1972Der Leuchtturm
★ 9.01972
MovieTV MovieDrama
A psychological and existential study of a prisoner charged with guarding an isolated lighthouse. If he makes it through two years, the remainder of his sentence for manslaughter in a bar brawl will be pardoned. Nobody before managed to cope with the solitude. One day, a rat makes its way to the island. The sea and the island, the man and the rat, friendship and vendetta.
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