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Jan Roth

Known for: Camera

Biography: 1899-11-10

Deathday: 1972-10-04 (72 years old)

Biography

Jan Roth (10 November 1899 – 4 October 1972) was a Czech cinematographer. During World War I he served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Roth started his career as a lighting technician at the New German theatre in Prague. In 1926 he became a chief lighting technician at Karel Lamač's Kavalírka film studio. Roth later served as Otto Heller's assistant on Lamač's films. In 1934 he started to work as a cameraman. He soon became of the most prolific cinematographers of the Czechoslovak cinema. Following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 he continued to work for both Czech and German productions at Barrandov Studios. Roth often collaborated with directors Otakar Vávra and Martin Frič. He was noted for his ability to create Chiaroscuro effects.

Filmography

all 111

Movies 111

Director 22

Cinematographer

Jan Roth

Biography

Filmography

all 111

Movies 111

Director 22

The Best Woman in My Life (1968)

Zločin a trik I. (1967)

Hrdina má strach (1966)

Robin Hood, der edle Räuber (1966)

Prosím, nebudit (1963)

Dva z onoho světa (1962)

Námluvy (1961)

Bílá spona (1961)

Medvěd (1961)

Meritorious Artist Terezie Brzková (1961)

The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)

Sny na neděli (1959)

I Dutifully Report (1958)

Jurášek (1957)

The Girl Robinson Crusoe (1957)

Spartakiáda (1956)

Mladé dny (1956)

Angel in the Mountains (1955)

Mistři zimních sportů (1955)

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)

Ještě svatba nebyla... (1954)

Výstraha (1954)

Sníh a smích (1953)

The Proud Princess (1952)

DS-70 nevyjíždí (1951)

The Hen and the Sexton (1951)

Racek Is Late (1950)

Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky (1949)

Pětistovka (1949)

Čertova stena (1949)

Polibek ze stadionu (1948)

The Portrait (1948)

Portáši (1947)

Capek's Tales (1947)

The Stolen Border (1947)

The Adventurous Bachelor (1946)

Cesta k barikádám (1946)

Rozina the Love Child (1945)

Vlast vítá (1945)

Leuchtende Schatten (1945)

Návrat presidenta dr. Edvarda Beneše do Prahy 16. května 1945 (1945)

Spiel (1944)

Dir zuliebe (1944)

Bláhový sen (1943)

Experiment (1943)

Geliebter Schatz (1943)

Der zweite Schuß (1943)

Liebespremiere (1943)

Sein Sohn (1942)

We Make Music (1942)

The Waitress Anna (1941)

Familienanschluß (1941)

Goodbye, Franziska (1941)

Unser kleiner Junge (1941)

Poznej svého muže (1940)

Artur a Leontýna (1940)

Muzikantská Liduška (1940)

Čekanky (1940)

The Girl in Blue (1940)

Man from the Unknown (1939)

Věra Lukášová (1939)

The Magic House (1939)

Humoreska (1939)

Veselá bída (1939)

Děvče z předměstí anebo Všecko příjde na jevo (1939)

V pokušení (1939)

Jarka a Věra (1938)

Lucerna (1938)

Neporažená armáda (1938)

Svatební cesta (1938)

The Guild of the Kutná Hora Virgins (1938)

Bílá vrána (1938)

Slečna matinka (1938)

Rote Rosen - Blaue Adria (1938)

Known For
Camera

Gender
Male

Birthday
1899-11-10

Deathday
1972-10-04 (72 years old)

Birth Place
Náchod, Bohemia, AustriaHungary [now Czech Republic]

Relatives
Otakar Pajer, Kateřina Jacques, Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová, Emma Smetana, Alan Pajer, Oskar Pajer

Citizenships
Austria-Hungary

Awards
Meritorious Artist