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name: "Zdeněk Liška"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zdenek-liska"
fi1m_id: "zdenek-liska"
imdb_id: "nm0514097"
tmdb_id: 544515
wikidata_id: "Q423128"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "16 March 1922"
died: "13 July 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T16:30:40.795030+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."
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# Zdeněk Liška

## Identity

Zdeněk Liška

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zdenek-liska
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zdenek-liska
- **IMDb ID:** nm0514097
- **TMDB ID:** 544515
- **Wikidata ID:** Q423128
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Li%C5%A1ka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544515

Composer. Born 16 March 1922 in Smecno by Kladno, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. Died 13 July 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 16 March 1922, Smecno by Kladno, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- **Died:** 13 July 1983
- **Active:** 1965–1967
- **Also known as:** Z. Liska, Zd. Liska, Zdenek Liska
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Li%C5%A1ka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544515

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Shop on Main Street*](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md) (90)

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## Biography

Zdeněk Liška (16 March 1922 – 13 August 1983) was a Czech composer known primarily for his film scores. He studied composition and conducting at the Prague Conservatory, graduating in 1944, and began working at the Zlín Film Studios in 1945.

Liška composed music for numerous Czechoslovak films, including *The Shop on Main Street* (1965), *Marketa Lazarová* (1967), *Ikarie XB-1* (1963), *The Cremator* (1969), *The Valley of the Bees* (1968) and *Fruit of Paradise* (1970). He scored several early shorts by Jan Švankmajer and worked extensively with directors of the Czech New Wave; he was among the most prolific and sought-after film composers in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s and 1960s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Marketa Lazarová* (1967), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/marketa-lazarova.md)
- *The Shop on Main Street* (1965), Fi1m 90, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md)

## Complete filmography (302)

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

- *Podnájem na Champs Ellysèes* (1991), Music
- *Gemini* (1991), Music
- *In the Web of Time* (1991), Music
- *Milenci paní Susanne* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer* (1984), Music
- *Ferdy The Ant* (1984), series, Sound
- *Záhrada plná plienok* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Kam zmizel kurýr* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Povídka Malostranská* (1981), Music
- *The Medal* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Rukojmí v Bella Vista* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *And I'll Run to the Ends of the Earth* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *Smrť šitá na mieru* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Heads* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Divine Emma* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Příhody brouka Pytlíka* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Ferda in the Anthill* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *House Call* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Ferda The Ant In The Foreign Service* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Silnější než strach* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *On the Great River* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Waiting for the Rain* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Shadows of a Hot Summer* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Settlement of Crows* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Meeting in July* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Ostrov Lakamidón* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Súkromná vojna* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *A Story of Love and Honor* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *Hodina pravdy* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Flying Saucers Over Our Village* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Příhody Ferdy mravence* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Liberation of Prague* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Smoke on the Potato Fields* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Smrt mouchy* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Castle of Otranto* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Island for 6,000 Alarm Clocks* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Little Mermaid* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Muž na radnici* (1976), series, Original Music Composer
- *Odysseus and the Stars* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Rozhodnutie* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *The Bride with the Most Beautiful Eyes* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Plavení hříbat* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Stroskotanie Danubia* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Kamenný řád* (1976), series, Original Music Composer
- *Thirty Cases of Major Zema* (1976), series, Original Music Composer
- *Já a Kiki* (1976), Music
- *Hudba kolonád* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Horúčka* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Škaredá dědina* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Sirius* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *This Is How Love Begins...* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Královské řádění* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Nejmladší z rodu Hamrů* (1975), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sokolovo* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Kto odchádza v daždi...* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Miracle* (1975), Music
- *Já a Bleděmodrá* (1975), Music
- *Já a Fousek* (1975), Music
- *Fortel* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Robinson Girl* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Pavlínka* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Nemecká* (1974), Music
- *Do zbrane, kuruci* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Joachim, Put It in the Machine* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Winter Tales* (1974), series, Sound
- *The Man from London* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Karlovy Vary Promenades* (1974), Music
- *Haldy* (1974), series, Original Music Composer
- *Veľké pokušenie* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Adam and Otka* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Tři nevinní* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Horká zima* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Accordion Song* (1974), Music
- *Vodník a Zuzana* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Poradila teta Beta* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *Já a Bělovous Zrzunda* (1974), Music
- *Siroty* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Miner's Rose* (1974), Music
- *Já a můj dvojnožec* (1974), Music
- *The Legend of the Silver Fir* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Podezření* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Pokus o vraždu* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Známost sestry Aleny* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Príbeh potulného scholasta* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Muž v osidlech* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Love* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Kronika žhavého léta* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Days of Betrayal* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Duhový luk* (1973), series, Original Music Composer
- *Inferno* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Zpívající film* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Field Lilies* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Hriech Kataríny Padychovej* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Čierne ovce* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Vymenená princezná* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Štědrý večer pana rady Vacátka* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Red Wine* (1972), series, Original Music Composer
- *Vlak do stanice Nebe* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Ctná paní Lucie* (1972), series, Music
- *Příběh se starou lenoškou* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Eagle Feather* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Stolen Battle* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Opory společnosti* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *About Show-White* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Secret of a Great Narrator* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Death of Black King* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Dosť dobrí chlapi* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Konfrontace* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Leonardo's Diary* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *A City in White* (1972), Music
- *Moje první benefice* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Milenec léta* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Kam slunce nechodí...* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Zvláštní případ* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Hry lásky šálivé* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Murder in the Excelsior Hotel* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Hľadači svetla* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Hlavní přelíčení* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Matches of a Beautiful Dragoon* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Chance* (1971), Music
- *Jumping Over Puddles* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Zločin slečny Bacilpýšky* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Burglar and Umbrella* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Luk královny Dorotky* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Adrift* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Pán si neželal nič* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Jabberwocky* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Zojka a Valerija* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *Lišáci – Myšáci a Šibeničák* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Copper Tower* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Fruit of Paradise* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *The Angel Levine* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Aesop* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Adelheid* (1970), Music Arranger, Original Music Composer
- *The Ossuary* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *A. C. Dupin zasahuje* (1970), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Royal Chase* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *A Ridiculous Gentleman* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Birds, Orphans and Fools* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Hříšní lidé města pražského* (1969), series, Original Music Composer
- *Celebration in the Botanical Garden* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Prague Nights* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Úsměvy světa* (1969), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Cremator* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Učitel a přítel zůstal veřejnosti neznám* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Honor and Glory* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Don Juan* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Metamorpheus* (1969), Music
- *Marathon* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Spravedlnost pro Selvina* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Niet inej cesty* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Valley of the Bees* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Flat* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Bitva na Červeném poli* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *In The Hour Of Fear...* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Román o base* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *A Pact with the Devil* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Flight* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Marketa Lazarová* (1967), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/marketa-lazarova.md)
- *Natural History Suite* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Poklad byzantského kupce* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The Unfortunate Bridegroom* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Et cetera* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Tango pre medveďa* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Murder Czech Style* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *A Gentle Spirit* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *People From Caravans* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Jeden deň pre starú paniu* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Punch and Judy* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Katya and the Crocodile* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Angel of Blissful Death* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Blue Apron* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Crime at the Girls School* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Snowman* (1966), Music
- *Ten čas* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Little Girl Or Little Boy?* (1966), Music
- *The Junk Shop* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Bells Toll for the Barefooted* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Shop on Main Street* (1965), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shop-on-main-street.md)
- *Čintamani & podvodník* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The House in Karp Lane* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Bubny* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The House in Karp Lane* (1965), series, Original Music Composer
- *Tales About Children* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *Tak blízko u nebe* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Passing Through a Thick Forest* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Mykoin PH 510* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Defendant* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Trio Angelos* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Handlíři* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *A Wooly Tale* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *Král komiků* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Tři zlaté vlasy děda Vševěda* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *On the Tightrope* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Ikarie XB 1* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Death Is Called Engelchen* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *Zelené obzory* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Midnight Mass* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Fabulous Baron Munchausen* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *The Devil's Trap* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Man in Outer Space* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Chlapec a srna* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Obraz* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Labyrint srdce* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *The Curious Letter* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Spadla s měsíce* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Žalobníci* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *The Song of the Grey Pigeon* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Hermína Týrlová* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Higher Principle* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The White Dove* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Partyzánská stezka* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *When the Woman Butts In* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Probuzení* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Revenge Day* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Laterna magika II* (1960), Music
- *Mr. Prokouk, The Acrobat* (1959), Music
- *The Knot in the Handkerchief* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Darujte odpovědně* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Johannes Doktor Faust* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Choo-Choo Train* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Lost Doll* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Fabulous World of Jules Verne* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Všem nelze vyhovět* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *At the Terminus* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Prokouk, Detective* (1957), Music
- *Míček Flíček* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *The Pig Shepard* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Chemistry in the Kitchen* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Zlatovláska* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Black diamond* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Journey to the Beginning of Time* (1955), Sound Director
- *Mr. Prokouk, The Animal Lover* (1955), Music
- *Pohyby rostlin* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Topol* (1955), Music Director
- *Wreath of Songs* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Nová těžní věž* (1955), Music
- *From Argentina to Mexico* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Pohádka o drakovi* (1954), Music
- *Lovci lebek* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Zrození sopky* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Do your feet hurt?* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Africa II – From the Equator to Table Mountain* (1953), Music
- *Za tučňáky, lvouny a velrybami* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Africa - Part I - From Morocco to Kilimanjaro* (1953), Music
- *The Treasure of Bird Island* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *African Dwarves* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *V pravlasti kávy* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Tatra P 19720* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Beskydy* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Zelená stráž* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Po boku mužů* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Nine Chicks* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Ostrovy milionů ptáků* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Žampiony* (1952), Music
- *Vodní energie* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Vysoká pec* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *King Lavra* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Raději dříve* (1951), Music
- *Jiráskův kraj* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Nepovedený panáček* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Plán nese ovoce* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Jižní Morava žízní* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Mladí nastupují směnu* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Nový dům* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Pára nad hrncem* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *China in battle* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Nevýnosná linka* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Skořepiny* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Bricks* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Mladí dobyvatelé vzduchu* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Traktory jedou do lesa* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Electricity Management* (1950), Music Arranger
- *Noc kryje zločin* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Inspiration* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Prokouk, The Inventor* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *I andělé ztrácejí trpělivost* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Mládež vede Brno* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Dary jižní Moravy* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Zrcadlo na vesnici 3* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Výstraha* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Problém* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Cement* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Vápno* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Janko ide z hôr* (1949), Original Music Composer, Editor
- *Nočná romanca* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Prokouk, The Filmmaker* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Lullaby* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Západočeské lázně* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Na kořen zla* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Collision* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Elektrický den* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Prokouk, The Office Clerk* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *What Is Missing?* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Nový Zlín II – Lepší zítřek nár. podniku Baťa* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Dřevo jde s hor* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Nový Zlín I – Budujeme na troskách* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Hamster* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Přístav v srdci Evropy* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Bejvávalo* (1946), Original Music Composer

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