Ivan Passer

Ivan Passer
Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1933
Country: Czechoslovakia
Total Credits at Criticker: 14 (Director), 8 (Writer)
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Stalin
Stalin (1992) - TV Movie
The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin. (imdb)
Creator
An eccentric scientist teaches a student in his own manner while he looks for a way to clone his deceased wife. (imdb)
Cutter\
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter. (imdb)
Born to Win
A smart-mouthed junkie/loser known as J.J. (George Segal) spends his days looking for just "one more fix". (imdb)
Nomad: The Warrior
Nomad (The Warrior) is set is 18th-century Kazakhstan, a vast, pitiless region of austere and terrible beauty, and tells the story of a boy who is destined to one day unite the three warring tribes of the country who have survived and fought for centuries -- against invaders, against formidable enemies and amongst themselves. (The Weinstein Company)
Intimate Lighting
In a small town, two former classmates are reunited, one is a successful cellist in the philharmonic orchestra, the other a music teacher in a rural school who plays the trumpet at funerals... (bonjourtristesse.net)
Silver Bears
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan), consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. (imdb)
Haunted Summer
It's the summer 1815 and those literary greats-to-be Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Percy Shelley, and Dr. Polidori have gathered for games of sex, drugs and philosophical interchanges. The monumental crux is that Mary will become Mary Shelley and write _Frankenstein_. (John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again)
Crime and Passion
Financier persuades his mistress to marry a rich industrialist for his money, then discovers that he and the new wife are to be murdered by her new husband. (imdb)
Law and Disorder
In the crime-ridden 70's New York, two cops have had enough. They, along with few other disgruntled people decide to take the things into their own hands (imdb)
Fádní Odpoledne
The story takes place in small pub. There are football fans warming up for a important game. Four older ladies playing cards and singing love songs all the time. Retired football player arguing with old man about football and good old times. Calm billiards players. Nervous bartender irritated by the young arrogant guest reading a book and... beautiful woman waiting outside.
Fourth Story
Valerie's husband Darryl leaves for work as usual, but never returns. She hires private eye Shepard to find him. Soon he discovers that David had a second identity and obviously doesn't want to be found. But since Shepard is strongly attracted to the pretty Valerie, he investigates further and gets involved more than professionally. (imdb)
Kidnapped
Kidnapped (1995) - TV Movie
When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. (imdb)
Picnic
Picnic (2000) - TV Movie
A small-town girl thinks she has everything she needs - good looks, a loving boyfriend and plenty of money. However, the arrival of a handsome and mysterious stranger heralds big changes. He's an unassuming friend of her fiance, but that doesn't stop her falling for him. And it's not long before the self-effacing drifter has an impact on the lives of other residents too.