About
Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son after Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.His parents were Emil Weiss (1880–1942) and Martha Weissová (née Fuchsová; 1882–1944). Emil Weiss owned a liqueur factory in Libeň district. Since his youth, Jiří was an staunch communist, which was at the heart of disputes with his capitalist parents. As a young boy he was friends with Franz Kafka's niece Marianne Pollaková and thanks to her he was able to read the books of then-unknown writer Kafka in the 1920s.
Filmography
Martha and I1990 · Director, Screenplay
Wie man seinen Gatten los wird1970 · Director
Die Herberge1970 · Director, Writer
Waterloo1969 · Director
Spravedlnost pro Selvina1968 · Screenplay, Director
Murder Czech Style1967 · Story, Screenplay, Director
90° in the Shade1965 · Screenplay, Director, Story
The Golden Fern1963 · Director, Screenplay
The King of Kings1963 · Story
Promiňte, omyl!1963 · Director, Screenplay
The Coward1962 · Screenplay, Director
Reportáž psaná na oprátce1962 · Story
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness1960 · Director, Screenplay
That Kind of Love1959 · Screenplay, Director
Wolf Trap1958 · Screenstory, Story, Director
The Girl Robinson Crusoe1957 · Screenplay
A Life at Stake1956 · Director, Screenplay
Punta and the Four-Leaf Clover1955 · Screenplay, Director
Můj přítel Fabián1955 · Screenplay, Director
Vstanou noví bojovníci1951 · Creative Producer, Director, Screenstory