Josef Illík

Josef Illík (born September 10, 1919 - January 21, 2006 ) was a Czech cameraman .

Josef Illík was one of the most prominent cameramen in his country. He was a frequent cameraman for such directors as Karel Kachyňa , Václav Krška , Jaroslav Balík , Antonín Kachlík and Otakar Vávra . With the former he shot the youth film The Girl and the Black Stallion ( Trápení ) in 1962 . He made his most famous films with director Václav Vorlíček , including Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella ( Tři Oříšky pro Popelku , 1973) and The Prince and the Evening Star ( Princ a Večernice , 1979). In 1965 he shot the award-winning film Das Haus in Karpfengasse with Kurt Hoffmann . Edith Schultze-Westrum , Jana Brejchová and Wolfgang Kieling played in this German-Czech joint production .

Filmography (selection)

• 1959: King of the Bohemian Forest (Král Šumavy)
• 1960: Young love (Osení)
• 1961: The girl and the black stallion (Trápení)
• 1962: Fortress on the Rhine (Pevnost na Rýně)
• 1964: The house on Karpfengasse
• 1965: marriage on condition (Svatba s podmínkou)
• 1966: Car to Vienna (Kočár do Vídně)
• 1968: Engagement while passing through (Jarní vody)
• 1968: Two women and a revolver (Ta třetí)
• 1969: Witch hunt (Kladivo na čarodějnice)
• 1970: And again I jump over puddles (Už zase skáču přes kaluže)
• 1971: The Secret of the Great Narrator (Tajemství velikého vypravěče)
• 1972: The train to the station Himmel (Vlak do stanice Nebe)
• 1973: Alibaba and the Commissioner (Větrné moře)
• 1973: Three hazelnuts for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku)
• 1973: Miss Golem (Slečna Golem)
• 1974: Destiny is called Kamila (Osud jménem Kamila)
• 1975: Two men on the spot (Dva muži hlásí příchod)
• 1978: Prince and Evening Star (Princ a Večernice)
• 1979: Friday is not a public holiday (Pátek není svátek)
• 1980: The Riddle of the Empty Urn (Něco je ve vzduchu)

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Illík in the catalog of the German National Library
• Josef Illík in the Internet Movie Database (English)