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Jaroslav Papoušek

Czech director, scriptwriter and artist (1929-1995)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ3162771 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jaroslav Papoušek (12 April 1929 – 16 July 1995) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He started as a sculptor, before writing screenplays with Miloš Forman and Ivan Passer. In 1968 he started directing his own screenplays.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Jaroslav Papoušek” as czech director, scriptwriter and artist (1929-1995). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jaroslav, Papoušek and Czech.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 1995, 1968—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jaroslav, Papoušek and Czech providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3162771. The first chronological checks are 1929, 1995 and 1968.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jaroslav Papoušek” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.