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Ján Kadár (1 April 1918 – 1 June 1979) was a Slovak film writer and director of Jewish heritage. As a filmmaker, he worked in Czechoslovakia, the United States, and Canada. Most of his films were directed in tandem with Elmar Klos. The two became best known for their Oscar-winning The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, 1965).
Ján Kadár was born on 1 April 1918 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a director and writer, known for The Shop on Main Street (1965), Smrt si ríká Engelchen (1963) and Obzalovaný (1964). He died on 1 June 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
May 28, 2024 · Ján Kadár (born April 1, 1918, Budapest, Hung.—died June 1, 1979, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.) was a motion-picture director who was important in the “New Wave” of Czechoslovak cinema of the early 1960s.
Czech director Ján Kadár (1918–1979) became the first filmmaker from Czechoslovakia to win an Academy Award for best foreign film for The Shop on Main Street. The 1965 cinema classic is a bittersweet tale of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper in a small Slovakian town during World War II, and the troubles that befall her.
Ján Kadár. By Peter Hames. Spring 2013 Issue of KINEMA. When The Shop on Main Street ( Obchod na korze, 1965) won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1966, it marked the first ever for Czechoslovakia and the decisive breakthrough in international awareness of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
Ján Kadár (* 1. apríl 1918, Budapešť – † 1. jún 1979, Los Angeles) bol slovenský filmový scenárista a režisér židovského pôvodu. Od roku 1952 spolupracoval s českým režisérom Elmarom Klosom. Spolu s ním nakrútil viacero filmov.
Apr 15, 2013 · Ján Kadár. Peter Hames. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15353/kinema.vi.1289. Abstract. When The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, 1965) won the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1966, it marked the first ever for Czechoslovakia and the decisive breakthrough in international awareness of the Czechoslovak New Wave.
