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Pavel Juráček

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Birth Date

August 2, 1935

Place of Birth

Príbram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Date of Death

May 20, 1989

Biography

Pavel Juráček was a Czech screenwriter and film director who studied at FAMU. Although not as famous as Miloš Forman or Jiří Menzel, he was an exponent of the Czech New Wave as well. He worked at Prague Barrandov Studios; however after his satirical movie Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) was shelved, his movie career came to an end.

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