Jirí Sequens
Encyclopedia
Life
Sequens was born in BrnoBrno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
. After the Second World War, he went to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
where he studied film techniques. When he returned to Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
he worked for Czechoslovak
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
movie industry.
Sequens was an author of the propagandistic Czech movies/tv series.
He died in a hospital in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
of natural causes.
Selected filmography
- Třicet případů majora Zemana
- Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka
- Vražda v hotelu Excelsior
- Partie krásného dragouna
- Pěnička a Paraplíčko
- Hříšní lidé města pražského
- Atentát
- Větrná hora