Ján Kadár

Czechoslovak director (1918–1979)

0.33body-of-work score · ranked #1668 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 1, 1918 · Budapest
Died
June 1, 1979 · Los Angeles
Nationality
Hungary, Czechoslovakia
Work
film director, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1965 · Czechoslovakia · drama, war

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #130

    0.332 citations

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1945Life Is Rising from the Ruins
  • 1950
  • 1952Kidnapped
  • 1955Music from Mars
  • 1957Tam na konečné
  • 1958Laterna magika II
  • 1958Tri prání
  • 1963Death Is Called Engelchen
  • 1964Accused
  • 1965The Shop on Main Street
  • 1970The Angel Levine
  • 1971Touha zvaná Anada
  • 1975Lies My Father Told Me
  • 1979Freedom Road
  • Sú osobne zodpovední (Kurzfilm 1946)