Evald Schorm
Birthday
1931/12/15
Day of death
1988/12/14 (57 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Also know as
Ewald 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...Read more
Acting
(1969) The Joke
as Kostka
(1966) A Report on the Party and the Guests
as Husband
(1967) Hotel for Strangers
as ---
(1987) Landscape with Furniture
as Frantisek
(1987) Landscape with Furniture
as Professor
(1974) Bastion Promenade Seventy Four
as Rezsõ úr
(1966) An Occasion to Speak
as Self
(1984) Ilda
as ---
(1980) Escape Home
as Hugo Jílek
(1967) Hotel for Strangers
as Curate
(2009) Golden Sixties
as Self (archive footage)