---
name: "Jiří Šlitr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jiri-slitr"
fi1m_id: "jiri-slitr"
imdb_id: "nm0805895"
tmdb_id: 1136794
wikidata_id: "Q548359"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 February 1924"
died: "26 December 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:09:29.427900+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jiří Šlitr

## Identity

Jiří Šlitr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jiri-slitr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jiri-slitr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0805895
- **TMDB ID:** 1136794
- **Wikidata ID:** Q548359
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_%C5%A0litr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136794

Composer. Born 15 February 1924 in Zálesní Lhota, Československo. Died 26 December 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 February 1924, Zálesní Lhota, Československo
- **Died:** 26 December 1969
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_%C5%A0litr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136794

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Daisies*](https://film.one/film/daisies.md) (85)

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## Biography

Jiří Šlitr was a Czech composer, pianist, singer, actor and painter. Born on 15 February 1924 in Zálesní Lhota, he studied law at Charles University in Prague before pursuing music professionally. In 1948 he co-founded the Czechoslovak Dixieland Jazz Band, and from the late 1950s he formed a long-running creative partnership with Jiří Suchý at the Semafor Theatre in Prague.

Šlitr composed music for numerous films of the Czechoslovak New Wave, including *Black Peter* (1964) and *Daisies* (1966, with Jiří Šust). He also appeared as an actor in several productions and wrote songs and stage works for Semafor. He died in Prague on 26 December 1969.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Daisies* (1966), Fi1m 85, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/daisies.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *For Semafor* (2010), Music
- *A Walk Worthwhile* (2009), Original Music Composer, Screenplay
- *Kdyby tisíc klarinetů* (1991), Music, Theatre Play
- *Jonáš II aneb Jak je důležité míti Melicharovou* (1989), Music
- *Jonáš a Melicharová* (1986), as (archive footage) · Music
- *Nevěsta* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Jak se dělá divadlo* (1970), Actor
- *Plakala panna, plakala* (1970), series, Creator
- *Der Kidnapper* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Historie blechatého psa* (1969), Music
- *Crime in the Night Club* (1968), as Vilém · Original Music Composer
- *Daisies* (1966), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/daisies.md)
- *Vražda v ulici de Lourcine* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *A Well Paid Walk* (1966), Theatre Play, Music, Original Music Composer
- *Magnetické vlny léčí* (1965), as pianista (uncredited) · Music
- *If a Thousand Clarinets* (1965), as parašutista · Original Music Composer
- *Recital Jiří Suchý – Jiří Šlitr* (1965), as Jiří Šlitr · Screenplay, Music
- *Black Peter* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Začít znova* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Audition* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Something Different* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Bylo nás deset* (1963), as soldier Míla Ríhal, bassist
- *Zuzana je zase sama doma* (1961), Theatre Play, Writer
- *Člověk z půdy* (1961), Theatre Play
- *Laterna magika II* (1960), Music
- *Konec jasnovidce* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Škola humoru* (1954), Actor
- *Sníh a smích* (1953), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Memorial in Rychnov nad Kněžnou in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District – entry no. 21752.](https://film.one/media/person/3912199/gallery-a711864b2a85.jpg) Memorial in Rychnov nad Kněžnou in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District – entry no. 21752. — Barocco, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Pomn%C3%ADk_Ji%C5%99%C3%ADho_%C5%A0litra_v_Sadech_legi%C3%AD_v_Rychnov%C4%9B_nad_Kn%C4%9B%C5%BEnou_%28Q66220057%29_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jiří Šlitr](https://film.one/media/person/3912199/gallery-fa9cdb7a391a.png) Jiří Šlitr — Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_%C5%A0litr_%28%C4%8CTK%2C_c._1965%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Busta Jiřího Šlitra v parku u gymnázia v Rychnově nad Kněžnou (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/3912199/gallery-33148c8e3a69.jpg) Busta Jiřího Šlitra v parku u gymnázia v Rychnově nad Kněžnou (2014) — Jik jik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jiri_Slitr_busta.JPG/1280px-Jiri_Slitr_busta.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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