Czechborn refugee <strong>Karel Reisz</strong> 19262002 is widely regarded as one of theseminal figures in postwar British cinema. Along with Lindsay Anderson a... » 

Czechborn refugee Karel Reisz 19262002 is widely regarded as one of theseminal figures in postwar British cinema. Along with Lindsay Anderson andTony Richardson Reisz was a founder member of the independent Free CinemaAmovement which attacked the parochial middleclass values of homegrownstudio product with a vigorous commitment to everyday workingclass subjectmatter and a poeticallycharged film style. This was immediately recognisablein the aesthetic of the international success of Reiszs first featureSaturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960. «