- He was married to actress Kvera Houdlová.
- His daughter Katerina (1956) is an opera singer and pedagogue.
- After the war, he was employed at the Ministry of Information and at the same time studied at the University of Politics, from where he later studied at FAMU, where he studied directing.
- Kachlík made his directorial debut in 1961.
- In 1972, he became an agent of the StB, specifically its department for combating "illegal culture", under the pseudonym Princip, later Kos and Tonda.
- Between 1948 and 1987, he directed 21 films.
- He grew up in Malá Dobrá until 1931, when his family relocated to Prague.
- After graduating from the Business Academy in Karlín, he was totally deployed in Nazi Germany as a firefighter, went home on vacation and never returned. Until the end of the war, he hid with false documents in Prague, was active in illegal resistance activities and also joined the (illegal) Communist Party.
- After the World War II, he attended the College of Political and Social Sciences, before applying for an education at the Film Academy (FAMU). He ended up graduating from the Film Academy in 1950.
- He attended the Prague-Karlín trade academy.
- In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film.
- After graduating, Kachlík went to Zlín to work as a dramaturge in the Workers' Theatre, before joining the military in 1952 thru 1954.
- His name is pronounced "Ahn-toh-neen Kah-kleeck".
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