Miloš Makovec

Miloš Makovec

1919-12-11
80 (2000-02-10)
Turnov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Milos Makovec was born on 11 December 1919 in Turnov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Ztracenci (1957), O vecech nadprirozených (1959) and Prague Nights (1969). He died on 10 February 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Turnov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Milos Makovec was born on 11 December 1919 in Turnov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Ztracenci (1957), O vecech nadprirozených (1959) and Prague Nights (1969). He died on 10 February 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic.

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The Emperor's Nightingale 1949 (5.286)

Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
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Of Things Supernatural 1959 (6.2)

An anthology of three absurd, ironic tales inspired by Čapek’s “Tales from One Pocket” and “Fables and Side Stories,” each showing uncanny forces disrupting ordinary lives: in Krejčík’s “Glorie,” a gentle clerk is haunted by a sudden halo; the other two segments by Mach and Makovec similarly blend everyday routines with ironic, supernatural twists.
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Prague Nights 1969 (5.4)

A stuffy middle-aged foreigner, a businessman named Fabricius, lonely and looking for a night's diversion, finds it in the form of a mysterious blonde. In an abandoned cemetery, she tells him three tales involving black magic and erotic obsession. In "The Last Golem," a young rabbi struggles to fashion a massive, silent giant out of living clay — until he's distracted by a mute servant girl. In the second episode, "Bread Slippers," an 18th-century countess indulges her passion for sweet cakes, adulterous affairs, and secret kisses with pretty maids until a mysterious visitor whisks her away to an abandoned mansion, where Fate has a different kind of dance in store for her. And in the final story, "Poisoned Poisoner," a ravishing murderess in the Middle Ages dispatches lecherous merchants to the tune of upbeat '60s Czech pop songs.