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Herz was very interested in genre films, especially horror. He was very interested in dark, macabre elements and themes and also erotic imagery, which genre films allowed him to incorporate. Herz also frequently used psychological horror and politically dissident elements in his films. He said that
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in 1989, but achieved wide international acclaim and cult status. It was re-released in 2017. The film combined horror and black comedy, and is often cited as one of the best movies ever made in Czechoslovakia.
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Herz was best known for his work in the horror genre; he was one of the few Czechoslovak film directors working horror films during the Communist period. His other horror works included 1972 murder drama
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during his childhood. Roughly 60 members of his family perished during the Holocaust, but all of his immediate family members survived. After attending secondary school in
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as a demented crematorium manager who collaborates with the Nazis during World War II. The film was selected as the Czechoslovak entry for the
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Herz was self-taught as a film director. His first experience working on films was as second-unit director under
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dark humor was a form of expression, and that even serious films should be laughed at.
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Herz emigrated to Germany in 1987. His last major films were paranormal thriller
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Herz died in Prague on 8 April 2018, aged 83. His death was announced on
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movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy
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Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Best Film award, as well as awards for Hrušínský and cinematographer
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Reimer, Robert Charles; Reimer, Carol J. (1 January 2012).
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Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
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was not seen again in Czechoslovakia until after the
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Kežmarok
Czechoslovakia
Kežmarok
Slovakia
Prague
Czech Republic
Czechoslovak New Wave
The Cremator
George Simenon
Maigret
Kežmarok
Holocaust survivor
Ravensbrück concentration camp
Bratislava
Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Jan Švankmajer
Semafor Theatre
Barrandov Studios
Zbyněk Brynych
Transport from Paradise
Ján Kadár

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