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Zdeněk Liška

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Zdeněk Liška (16 March 1922 – 13 August 1983) was a Czech composer who produced a large number of film scores across a prolific career that started in the 1950s. [1]

55 relations: Accordion, Adelheid, Birds, Orphans and Fools, Bohemia, Brothers Quay, Composer, Conducting, Czechoslovak New Wave, Czechoslovakia, Death Is Called Engelchen, Don Juan (1969 film), Electroacoustic music, Electronic music, Fantasy film, Fruit of Paradise, Hanzelka and Zikmund, Higher Principle, Humpolec, Jabberwocky (1971 film), Jan Švankmajer, Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje!, Karel Zeman, Kladno, Laterna Magika, Maratón (film), Marketa Lazarová, Masaryk University, Mr. Prokouk, Musical composition, People on Wheels, Popular science, Prague Conservatory, Radio Prague, Rudolf Karel, Shadows of a Hot Summer, Short film, Slaný, Smečno, Smoke on the Potato Fields, The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, The Cremator, The Devil's Trap, The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, The Fabulous World of Jules Verne, The Junk Shop, The Legend of the Silver Fir, The Shop on Main Street, The Sinful People of Prague, The Valley of the Bees, The White Dove (1960 film), ..., Thirty Cases of Major Zeman, Travel documentary, Violin, Voyage to the End of the Universe, Zlín. Expand index (5 more) »

Accordion

Accordions (from 19th-century German Akkordeon, from Akkord—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type, colloquially referred to as a squeezebox.

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Adelheid

Adelheid is the modern German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheidis, meaning "nobility" and may refer to the following people.

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Birds, Orphans and Fools

Birds, Orphans and Fools (Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni) is a 1969 Czechoslovak film directed by Juraj Jakubisko.

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Bohemia

Bohemia (Čechy;; Czechy; Bohême; Bohemia; Boemia) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the present-day Czech Republic.

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Brothers Quay

Stephen and Timothy Quay (born June 17, 1947) are American identical twin brothers who are better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers.

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Composer

A composer (Latin ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together") is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms.

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Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.

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Czechoslovak New Wave

The Czechoslovak New Wave (also Czech New Wave) is a term used for the 1960s films of Czech directors Miloš Forman, František Vláčil, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Pavel Juráček, Jaroslav Papoušek, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Vojtěch Jasný, Evald Schorm, Elmar Klos and Slovak directors Dušan Hanák, Juraj Herz, Juraj Jakubisko, Štefan Uher, Ján Kadár, Elo Havetta and others.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Death Is Called Engelchen

Death Is Called Engelchen (Smrt si říká Engelchen) is a 1963 Czechoslovak war film directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos.

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Don Juan (1969 film)

Don Juan (Don Šajn) is a 1969 Czechoslovak short film by Jan Švankmajer, based on traditional Czech puppet plays of the Don Juan legend.

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Electroacoustic music

Electroacoustic music originated in Western art music around the middle of the 20th century, following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice.

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Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology.

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Fantasy film

Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds.

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Fruit of Paradise

Fruit of Paradise (Ovoce stromů rajských jíme) is a 1970 Czechoslovak avant-garde drama film directed by Věra Chytilová.

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Hanzelka and Zikmund

Jiří Hanzelka (24 December 1920 – 15 February 2003) and Miroslav Zikmund (born 14 February 1919), known collectively as Hanzelka and Zikmund, were a duo of Czech adventurers known for their travels in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania in the 1940s and 1950s, and for the books, articles, and films they created about their journeys.

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Higher Principle

Higher Principle (Vyšší princip) is a Czech drama film based on the eponymous short story from the book Silent Barricade (Němá barikáda) written by Jan Drda in 1946.

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Humpolec

Humpolec (Humpoletz, article in: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4. Aufl. 1888–1890) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

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Jabberwocky (1971 film)

Jabberwocky (Žvahlav aneb šatičky slaměného Huberta) is a 1971 Czechoslovak animated short film written and directed by Jan Švankmajer, based loosely on the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.

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Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934) is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media.

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Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje!

Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! is a 1974 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský.

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Karel Zeman

Karel Zeman (November 3, 1910 – April 5, 1989) was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator, best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation.

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Kladno

Kladno (Kladen) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region (Středočeský kraj) of the Czech Republic.

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Laterna Magika

Laterna magika, the world's first multimedia theatre, was founded as a cultural program at the 1958 Brussels Expo.

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Maratón (film)

Maratón (English title The Marathon) is a 1968 Czechoslovak war film celebrating the liberation of Prague by Red Army.

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Marketa Lazarová

Marketa Lazarová is a 1967 Czechoslovak historical film directed by František Vláčil.

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Masaryk University

Masaryk University (Masarykova univerzita; Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network.

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Mr. Prokouk

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Musical composition

Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, either a song or an instrumental music piece, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating or writing a new song or piece of music.

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People on Wheels

People on Wheels (Lidé z maringotek), also translated as Trailer People, is a 1966 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič.

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Popular science

Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience.

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Prague Conservatory

The Prague Conservatory or Prague Conservatoire (Pražská konzervatoř) is a music academy in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1808.

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Radio Prague

Radio Prague (Český rozhlas 7 - Radio Praha) is the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic.

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Rudolf Karel

Rudolf Karel (*November 9, 1880 in Pilsen – murdered March 6, 1945 in Theresienstadt) was a distinguished Czech composer.

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Shadows of a Hot Summer

Shadows of a Hot Summer (Stíny horkého léta) is a 1978 Czechoslovak thriller film by František Vláčil.

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Short film

A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.

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Slaný

The Royal town of Slaný (Schlan) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located about 25 km northwest of Prague.

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Smečno

Smečno is a small town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Smoke on the Potato Fields

Smoke on the Potato Fields (Dým bramborové natě) is a 1977 Czechoslovak drama film directed by František Vláčil.

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The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer

The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer is a 1984 surreal short stop-motion film by the Quay Brothers, an homage to the influential short film maker Jan Švankmajer.

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The Cremator

The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol) is a 1969 Czechoslovak horror comedy/drama film directed by Juraj Herz, based on a novel by Ladislav Fuks.

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The Devil's Trap

The Devil's Trap (Ďáblova past) is a 1962 Czechoslovak historical film directed by František Vláčil.

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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Baron Prášil) is a 1961 Czechoslovak romantic adventure film directed by Karel Zeman, based on the tales about Baron Munchausen.

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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Vynález zkázy, literally The Deadly Invention or An Invention for Destruction) is a 1958 Czechoslovak science fiction adventure film directed by Karel Zeman.

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The Junk Shop

The Junk Shop (Sběrné surovosti) is a 1965 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Juraj Herz, based on a story by Bohumil Hrabal.

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The Legend of the Silver Fir

The Legend of the Silver Fir (Pověst o stříbrné jedli) is a 1973 Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil.

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The Shop on Main Street

The Shop on Main Street (Czech/Slovak: Obchod na korze; in the UK A Shop on the High Street) is a 1965 Czechoslovak film about the Aryanization programme during World War II in the Slovak State.

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The Sinful People of Prague

The Sinful People of Prague (Hříšní lidé města pražského) was a Czechoslovak television programme which was first broadcast in 1968.

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The Valley of the Bees

The Valley of the Bees (Údolí včel) is a 1967 Czechoslovak historical drama film directed by František Vláčil.

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The White Dove (1960 film)

The White Dove (Holubice) is a 1960 Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil.

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Thirty Cases of Major Zeman

Thirty Cases of Major Zeman (Třicet případů majora Zemana) is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party.

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Travel documentary

A travel documentary is a documentary film, television program, or online series that describes travel in general or tourist attractions without recommending particular package deals or tour operators.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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Voyage to the End of the Universe

Ikarie XB-1 is a 1963 Czechoslovak science fiction film directed by Jindřich Polák, based loosely on The Magellanic Cloud, a novel by Stanisław Lem.

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Zlín

Zlín (Zlin) is a city in southeastern Moravia in the Czech Republic, the seat of the Zlín Region, on the Dřevnice River.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdeněk_Liška

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