Juraj Herz
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Juraj Herz was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy The Cremator, often
Herz in 2009
Beauty and the Beast is a 1978 Czechoslovak Gothic horror film directed by Juraj Herz from the script by Pavla Marková. It is based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 1756 fairy tale Beauty and th
Juraj Herz
…horror films during the Communist period. His other horror works included 1972 murder drama Morgiana and a gothic re-interpretation of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast (Czech: Panna a Netvor) in 1978. Herz's 1971 drama Oil Lamps (Czech: Petrolejové Lampy) was in competition for the Palme D'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film…
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