Evald Schorm

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-12-15

Deathday 1988-12-14 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Also Known As Ewald Schorm

Evald Schorm

Biography

At one time, Czech director Evald Schorm was known as "the conscience of the Czech New Wave" and was known for using film to promote notions of compassion, equality, and individualism in the face of social structure. Originally an opera singer, the Prague native studied filmmaking at the prestigious F.A.M.U. between 1957 and 1962. He went on to create documentaries with the Documentary Film Studio in Prague. Schorm also worked as a film actor. Following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Communist government repressed his films. Still, Schorm remained in Czechoslovakia and directed opera, stage plays, and sometimes television shows. He returned to feature filmmaking in the late '80s, but died of heart failure in 1988.

Known For

Director

1989
1988
1977
Etuda o zkoušce

as Director

1971
Z mého života

as Director

1971
Úklady a láska

as Director

1971
Dogs and People

as Director

1970
Lítost

as Director

1969
1969
Revenge

as Director

1969
Křepelky

as Director

1969
Prague Nights

as Director

1969
Confusion

as Director

1967
King and Women

as Director

1966
Pearls of the Deep

as Director

1966
Reflection

as Director

1965
1965
Psalm

as Director

1964
Why?

as Director

1963
Living Your Life

as Director

1963
Railwaymen

as Director

1962
Stromy a lidé

as Director

1961
Spadla s měsíce

as Assistant Director

1959
Blok 15

as Director

Writer

2008
The Karamazov Brothers

as Theatre Play

1977
Etuda o zkoušce

as Screenplay

1977
1971
Z mého života

as Writer

1969
The End of a Priest

as Screenplay

1969
Prague Nights

as Screenplay

1967
1966
Reflection

as Screenplay

1966
Reflection

as Story

1966
Pearls of the Deep

as Screenplay

1964
Why?

as Writer

1963
Railwaymen

as Idea

1963
Railwaymen

as Screenplay

1959
Blok 15

as Story

1959
Blok 15

as Screenplay

Actor

2009
Golden Sixties

as Self (archive footage)

1987
1987
1984
1980
Escape Home

as Hugo Jílek

1969
The Joke

as Kostka

1967

Crew

1968
Seven Days to Remember

as Cinematography