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Leos Janácek(1854-1928)

  • Music Department
  • Writer
  • Soundtrack
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Leos Janácek was born on 3 July 1854 in Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être (1988), Cunning Little Vixen and NET Opera Theater (1967). He was married to Zdenka Schulzova. He died on 12 August 1928 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
BornJuly 3, 1854
DiedAugust 12, 1928(74)
BornJuly 3, 1854
DiedAugust 12, 1928(74)
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Known for

Lena Olin in L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être (1988)
L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être
7.2
  • Music Department(selected works from)
  • 1988
Cunning Little Vixen
Cunning Little Vixen
  • Music Department(from "The Cunning Little Vixen")
    Elaine Bonazzi in The Trial of Mary Lincoln (1972)
    NET Opera Theater
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    La Tortue rouge (2016)
    La Tortue rouge
    7.5
    • Soundtrack("String Quartet No.2 'Intimate Letters'")
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Music Department

    • Paradise Lost (2023)
      Paradise Lost
      TV Series
      • music
      • 2024
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2022)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • music
      • 2022
    • Czech Roots: Kazushi Ono dirige le London Symphony Orchestra (2020)
      Czech Roots: Kazushi Ono dirige le London Symphony Orchestra
      • Music Department
      • 2020
    • Jenufa (2019)
      Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • composer
      • 2019
    • De la maison des morts (2018)
      De la maison des morts
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2018
    • Lukava mala lisica (2017)
      Lukava mala lisica
      Video
      • music
      • 2017
    • Toni in Kater (2016)
      Kater
      6.4
      • stock music
      • 2016
    • Polychrome Dances (2015)
      Polychrome Dances
      Video
      • music
      • 2015
    • Katia Kabanova (2015)
      Katia Kabanova
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2015
    • Vec Makropulos (2015)
      Vec Makropulos
      Video
      • music
      • 2015
    • Leos Janácek: Jenufa (2015)
      Leos Janácek: Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2015
    • Jenufa (2015)
      Jenufa
      Video
      • music (as Leos Janacek)
      • 2015
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2014)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • music
      • 2014
    • Die Sache Makropulos (2014)
      Die Sache Makropulos
      Video
      • music
      • 2014
    • Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (2012)
      Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
      Video
      • music
      • 2012

    Writer

    • Janácek: Jenufa (2022)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2022
    • Jenufa (2019)
      Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2019
    • De la maison des morts (2018)
      De la maison des morts
      TV Movie
      • libretto by
      • 2018
    • Lukava mala lisica (2017)
      Lukava mala lisica
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2017
    • Vec Makropulos (2015)
      Vec Makropulos
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2015
    • Leos Janácek: Jenufa (2015)
      Leos Janácek: Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2015
    • Jenufa (2015)
      Jenufa
      Video
      • libretto (as Leos Janacek)
      • 2015
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2014)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2014
    • Die Sache Makropulos (2014)
      Die Sache Makropulos
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2014
    • Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (2012)
      Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2012
    • Janácek: Jenufa (2011)
      Janácek: Jenufa
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2011
    • Vec Makropulos (2011)
      Vec Makropulos
      Video
      • libretto
      • 2011
    • Katia Kabanova
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2008
    • De la maison des morts (2008)
      De la maison des morts
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2008
    • The Cunning Little Vixen (2003)
      The Cunning Little Vixen
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • libretto
      • 2003

    Soundtrack

    • Mary Anne Roberts in Fluorescence (2018)
      Fluorescence
      Short
      • writer: "From the House of the Dead" ("From the House of the Dead")
      • 2018
    • Sen
      Short
      • writer: "V mlhách"
      • 2017
    • La Tortue rouge (2016)
      La Tortue rouge
      7.5
      • writer: "String Quartet No.2 'Intimate Letters'"
      • 2016
    • Ash vs Evil Dead (2015)
      Ash vs Evil Dead
      8.4
      TV Series
      • music: "Knife Edge"
      • 2015
    • Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony (2015)
      Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony
      8.0
      TV Special
      • writer: "On an Overgrown Path"
      • 2015
    • Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Olsen, and Chace Crawford in Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
      Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
      5.9
      • writer: "Tema con Variazioni"
      • 2011
    • Catarsis (2010)
      Catarsis
      8.2
      Short
      • writer: "Sonata 1.X.1905"
      • 2010
    • Obcan Havel (2008)
      Obcan Havel
      7.8
      • writer: "Sinfonietta"
      • 2008
    • Bozí pole s.r.o.
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Smrt"
      • 2007
    • L'occitanienne (2006)
      L'occitanienne
      6.1
      • writer: "Lettres intimes"
      • 2006
    • Innocence (2004)
      Innocence
      6.8
      • writer: "Orchestral Suite from La Petite Renard Rusée", "Musique pour exercises de gymnastique I-V"
      • 2004
    • Poem - Ich setzte den Fuß in die Luft und sie trug (2003)
      Poem - Ich setzte den Fuß in die Luft und sie trug
      7.0
      • writer: "In Tränen"
      • 2003
    • Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, and Tommy Ramone in End of the Century (2003)
      End of the Century
      7.9
      • Soundtrack (as Leos Janacek, "Knife Edge")
      • 2003
    • Aleph, lectures contades
      TV Series
      • writer: "From the House of the Dead", "The Excursions of Mr. Broucêk"
      • 2001
    • Asylum (1997)
      Asylum
      4.9
      • writer: "Romance" and "Dumka"
      • 1997
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Leos Janacek
    • Born
      • July 3, 1854
      • Hukvaldy/Hochwald, Moravia, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]
    • Died
      • August 12, 1928
      • Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic](pneumonia)
    • Spouse
      • Zdenka SchulzovaJuly 13, 1881 - August 12, 1928 (his death, 2 children)
    • Other works
      (book) "Janacek's Uncollected Essays on Music". Translated and edited by Mirka Zemanova. London: Marion Boyars Publishers, Ltd., 1989. ISBN 0714528579
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Print Biography
      • 1 Article

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