Updated 11:47
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On Friday at 11 a.m., the family and fans said goodbye for the last time to director and screenwriter Dušan Klein, who died on January 9 after a long illness. The ceremony took place in the Strašnice crematorium in Prague. Zlata Adamovská or Jiří Strach, for example, came there.
Dušan Klein’s family originally planned to make a funeral farewell only in a close family circle, which took place last Friday. In the end, however, she heard the wishes of the general film public that the farewell would also take place in public, because Dušan Klein had a number of fans who wanted to come and say goodbye to him.
Outside in front of the Strašnice crematorium was a condolence book together with a photo of the director. Actress Zlata Adamovská, for example, came to lay flowers at his coffin. Actors Ivan Vyskočil and Miroslav Táborský also came to say goodbye. During the ceremony, excerpts from his films, photos and videos from the filming were also screened as a memory of the director.
“I admit that at this moment and in this place I have a soul as trembling as when I spoke over my own father’s coffin last spring, “ director Jiří Strach opened his mourning speech. “Believe it or not, today, January 21, is exactly the day I personally met director Dusan Klein. “ he added, adding to the memory of their first meeting.
“Dušan Klein did not waste his life, but he filled it with every single second he was given from above. I could now list all the movies and series he made, but it would be useless, you all know them,” he continued. Klein taught at FAMU.
“Dusan, you will always be with me. Thank you,” actor Pavel Kříž said goodbye to him from a distance. With the help of video messages, his fellow actors and directors, such as Patrik Hartl, Miroslav Donutil, Viktor Preiss, Ondřej Kepka, Jana Hlaváčová or Pavel Zedníček.
“With pain in our hearts, we announce to all relatives, friends and acquaintances that our beloved husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and uncle, Professor Dušan Klein, have left us forever. After a long illness, he left unexpectedly on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at the age of 82 years, “says in a mourning announcement published by the family.
Source: D. Klein family
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Klein was at the birth of the popular series Streets, he was its first director, and so he is referred to as the spiritual father of this popular series. It is also signed under the comedy film hexalog Poets. He directed the first part of How the World Lost Poets in 1982, the last sequel How Poets await a Miracle was created in 2016. In addition to it, he also wrote all the screenplays.
In total, he was behind 24 cinema films and 34 television films. He also shot 47 episodes of the series and in addition 150 episodes of the Street series.
Take a look at the last farewell to Dušan Klein:
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