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Filmmaker · Czechia

Karel Steklý

Died in 1987

Karel Steklý was born on 9 October 1903 in Prague and grew up in Žižkov. After leaving secondary school for travelling troupes, he was from 1928 to 1938 stage manager of Voskovec and Werich's Liberated Theatre, then, from 1933, screenwriter of some thirty films. He moved to directing in 1945, as a member of the Communist Party, and was one of the most official filmmakers of the normalisation, named National Artist in 1973, and died in Prague on 5 July 1987.

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