Vladimír Cech was born on September 25, 1914 in Ceské Budejovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Der Schlüssel (1971), Das schwarze Bataillon (1958) and Es geschah im Nürnberg-Expreß (1954). He died on December 24, 1992 in Prague, Czech Republic.