About Jan Zázvorka
Lived 1914 – 1991 (aged 77). Jan Zázvorka was an architect, visual artist and scenographer.
Jan Zázvorka (2 May 1914 – 14 January 1991) was a Czech architect and art director. He designed the film sets for more than a hundred productions in a career that spanned many decades. As an architect he worked on the National Monument at Vítkov and Praha-Smíchov railway station.
Selected filmography Blackmailer (1937) Arthur and Leontine (1940) Ladies in Waiting (1940) The Dancer (1943) Fourteen at the Table (1943) The Avalanche (1946) Nobody Knows Anything (1947)
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Who was Jan Zázvorka?
Czech art director
When was Jan Zázvorka born?
Jan Zázvorka was born on 2 May 1914 in Prague.
When did Jan Zázvorka die?
Jan Zázvorka died on 14 October 1991 in Prague.
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Jan Zázvorka was an architect, visual artist and scenographer.
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