Václav Vorlíček

Biography

Václav Vorlíček (3 June 1930 – 5 February 2019) was a Czech film director. He studied filmmaking at FAMU from 1951 to 1956. His filmography includes several comedies made in collaboration with screenwriter Miloš Macourek. He directed several children's and fairytale films, most notably Tři oříšky pro Popelku (1973), a Christmas film classic in many European countries.

Directed

1. Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) — Director
2. The Girl on the Broomstick (1972) — Director
3. Arabela (1980) — Director
4. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) — Director
5. How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1975) — Director
6. How to Wake a Princess (1978) — Director
7. You Are a Widow, Sir (1971) — Director
8. A Nice Plate of Spinach (1977) — Director
9. Prince and the Evening Star (1979) — Director
10. Little Witch on a Broomstick (2011) — Director
11. Arabela se vrací aneb Rumburak králem Říše pohádek (1993) — Director
12. The End of Agent W4C (1967) — Director
13. Queen of the Lake (1998) — Director
14. Rumburak (1984) — Director
15. The Magic Book (1996) — Director
16. The Firebird (1997) — Director
17. It's Not Me (1986) — Director
18. Křeček v noční košili (1988) — Director
19. The Flying Cestmir (1984) — Director
20. Zelená vlna (1982) — Director
21. Tomáš and the Falcon King (2000) — Director
22. Max, Sally and the Magic Phone (2001) — Director
23. Dva muži hlásí příchod (1975) — Director
24. Wine Working (1976) — Director
25. Mature Wine (1981) — Director
26. The Lupinek Case (1961) — Director
27. Death Chooses (1973) — Director
28. Young Wine (1986) — Director
29. Ďábel ví hodně (1984) — Director
30. Mary (1964) — Director
31. On je žena! (2005) — Director
32. Politická karikatura (1954) — Director
33. Chicken on Travels (1962) — Director
34. Přikázaný směr jízdy (1977) — Director
35. Directive (1955) — Director
36. Rabín a jeho Golem (1995) — Director
37. Kaktus, bomba, letadlo (1970) — Director
38. Vychovatel (1972) — Director
39. Byt je vykraden, maminko... (1984) — Director
40. Svátek pana ředitele (1955) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Arabela (1980) — (uncredited)
2. Little Witch on a Broomstick (2011) — důchodce
3. Zelená vlna (1982)
4. The Great Movie Robbery (1987)
5. Riverboat (1992) — Self
6. The Invisibles (2014)
7. Na dobré stopě (1949)
8. Bomba (1958) — worker at a construction site
9. Every Day - Sunday (1962)
10. Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval (1985) — Self - Audience Member
11. Vladimír Menšík – 75 (2004)
12. Václav Vorlíček: King of Comedies and Fairy Tales (2005)
13. Kde bydlely princezny (2010) — Himself