Jan Drda
Writing · Screenplay · Story · Book
Born Apr 4, 1915
Active 1938–1970 · Awards: Klement Gottwald State Prize, Order of the Republic, Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia
Jan Drda was a Czech journalist, politician, playwright, screenwriter and author of modern fairytales. He was the Czech State Prize Laureate in 1949 and 1953, and was a nominated again for the same prize in 1965.
Filmography
Higher Principle (1960) - Screenplay · Short StoryPlaying with the Devil (1980) - WriterDarbujan and Pandrhola (1960) - Short Story · ScreenplayDalskabáty, hříšná ves aneb Zapomenutý čert (1977) - Theatre PlayPlaying with the Devil (1957) - Screenplay · Theatre PlayStříbrná oblaka (1938) - NovelMagical River (1946) - DramaturgyThe Golden Fern (1963) - Original StoryPrstýnek (1945) - DramaturgyPrincess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker (1987) - BookSign of the Anchor (1947) - Screenplay · StoryRozina the Love Child (1945) - DramaturgySilent Barricade (1949) - Book · ScreenplayGirl from the Beskids (1944) - ScreenplayDruhá směna (1940) - StoryZapomenutý čert (1964) - Screenplay · Theatre PlayThe Dynamite Watcher (1963) - Short StoryMěstečko na dlani (1942) - NovelThe Loveliest Riddle (2008) - WriterHelluva Good Luck (1999) - BookPrůlom (1946) - DramaturgyThe Avalanche (1946) - DramaturgyDařbuján a Pandrhola (1959) - BookO hloupé havířce (1990) - Book