Evald Schorm

Evald Schorm was a Czech film and stage director, screenwriter and actor. He directedfilms between 1959 and 1988. Schorm was a notable exponent of the Czech Film New Wave.

Schorm was born into a peasant family, and spent his childhood at the family farm in Elbanice near Mlad Voice. After communists confiscated the family property, he was expelled from school and moved to Zlin near Prague, together with his parents. Schorm had to become a construction worker, but in 1956 he was finally accepted at FAMU, the Film and TV School of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He graduated in Film direction in 1963, together with other future members of the Czech New Wave. He began his career at the Studio dokumentrnho filmu together with cameraman Jan pta. Together they created many short films and documentaries of strong humanistic and emotional content, in close and longlasting collaboration. In 1964, Schorm directed his first fulllength film, Kad den odvahu which dealt with the dillusionment of individuals victimized in the name of false ideals. He explored the ethical principles of human behavior in films such as the psychological drama Nvrat ztracenho sy

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