As Director, As Writer
The Shop on Main Street
1965
7.1
Elmar Klos
Directing
Birth Date
January 26, 1910
Place of Birth
Brno, Moravia, AustriaHungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Date of Death
July 19, 1993
Biography
Elmar Klos (26 January 1910 – 19 July 1993) was a Czech film director. He collaborated for 17 years with his Slovak colleague Ján Kadár and with him won the 1965 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for the film The Shop on Main Street. They directed the 1963 film Death Is Called Engelchen, which entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival and won a Golden Prize.
