LEADERS OF THE CZECH FILM INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006900730003-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Leaders of the Czech Film Industry DATE DISTR. 10 June 1955
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The following provides a brief description of certain key personalities
in the Czech film industryi
1. A.Y. Brousil is the rector of the Academy of Arts in Prague and the
country's foremost film theorist. He is on friendly terms with top
leaders including Minister of Information Kopecky9 for whom he served
as motion-picture adviser.].
2. Jan Kadar
is a film director.
3. Marie Majerova9 a writer9 is the head of the censorship committee in
the Film Production Department of the Ministry of Information.
4o Mohacek9 fnu a political appointee with no technical back-
ground9 is the rec r neral of the Czech Film Studios,
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6. Jiri Weiss is a film director who came to the special attention of
Zapotocky by directing the film version of the latter's novel. He is
an opportunistic fellow-traveller.
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