Jindřich Polák (1925-2003)

Alias:
Индржих Полак

Birthplace:
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Born:
May 5, 1925

Died:
August 22, 2003

Jindřich Polák was a Czech film and television director. He is known for his science fiction productions, but worked in many different genres.

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Assistant Director:
1947  Presentiment
1948  Krakatit
1951  Veselý souboj
1953  Kidnapped

Director:
1947  Presentiment
1948  Krakatit
1951  Veselý souboj
1953  Kidnapped
1959  Death in the Saddle
1961  Páté oddělení
1963  Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket
1963  Ikarie XB 1
1965  Terrible Woman
1967  A Game Without Rules
1968  Riders in the Sky
1977  Noc klavíristy
1977  Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
1978  Alarm in the Clouds
1979  Death of Hitch-Hikers
1979  No Magic from Tomorrow
1984  ...and again that Lucy!
1984  Lucy, the Menace of Street
1986  The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987  Merry Christmas Octopus
1988  Pan Tau – der Film
1993  Kačenka a strašidla
1993  Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

First Assistant Director:
1947  Presentiment
1948  Krakatit
1951  Veselý souboj
1953  Kidnapped
1954  Expres z Norimberka
1955  Hudba z Marsu
1956  Sons of the Mountains
1959  Death in the Saddle
1961  Páté oddělení
1963  Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket
1963  Ikarie XB 1
1965  Terrible Woman
1967  A Game Without Rules
1968  Riders in the Sky
1977  Noc klavíristy
1977  Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
1978  Alarm in the Clouds
1979  Death of Hitch-Hikers
1979  No Magic from Tomorrow
1984  ...and again that Lucy!
1984  Lucy, the Menace of Street
1986  The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987  Merry Christmas Octopus
1988  Pan Tau – der Film
1993  Kačenka a strašidla
1993  Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

Screenplay:
1947  Presentiment
1948  Krakatit
1951  Veselý souboj
1953  Kidnapped
1954  Expres z Norimberka
1955  Hudba z Marsu
1956  Sons of the Mountains
1959  Death in the Saddle
1961  Páté oddělení
1963  Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket
1963  Ikarie XB 1
1965  Terrible Woman
1967  A Game Without Rules
1968  Riders in the Sky
1977  Noc klavíristy
1977  Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
1978  Alarm in the Clouds
1979  Death of Hitch-Hikers
1979  No Magic from Tomorrow
1984  ...and again that Lucy!
1984  Lucy, the Menace of Street
1986  The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987  Merry Christmas Octopus
1988  Pan Tau – der Film
1993  Kačenka a strašidla
1993  Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

Story:
1947  Presentiment
1948  Krakatit
1951  Veselý souboj
1953  Kidnapped
1954  Expres z Norimberka
1955  Hudba z Marsu
1956  Sons of the Mountains
1959  Death in the Saddle
1961  Páté oddělení
1963  Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket
1963  Ikarie XB 1
1965  Terrible Woman
1967  A Game Without Rules
1968  Riders in the Sky
1977  Noc klavíristy
1977  Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
1978  Alarm in the Clouds
1979  Death of Hitch-Hikers
1979  No Magic from Tomorrow
1984  ...and again that Lucy!
1984  Lucy, the Menace of Street
1986  The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987  Merry Christmas Octopus
1988  Pan Tau – der Film
1993  Kačenka a strašidla
1993  Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

Writer:
1947  Presentiment
1948  Krakatit
1951  Veselý souboj
1953  Kidnapped
1954  Expres z Norimberka
1955  Hudba z Marsu
1956  Sons of the Mountains
1959  Death in the Saddle
1961  Páté oddělení
1963  Clown Ferdinand and the Rocket
1963  Ikarie XB 1
1965  Terrible Woman
1967  A Game Without Rules
1968  Riders in the Sky
1977  Noc klavíristy
1977  Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
1978  Alarm in the Clouds
1979  Death of Hitch-Hikers
1979  No Magic from Tomorrow
1984  ...and again that Lucy!
1984  Lucy, the Menace of Street
1986  The Octopuses from the Second Floor
1987  Merry Christmas Octopus
1988  Pan Tau – der Film
1993  Kačenka a strašidla
1993  Kačenka a zase ta strašidla

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