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Otakar Vávra

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Nascita
28 febbraio 1911 · Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Morte
15 settembre 2011

Biografia

Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague, where he studied architecture. During 1929–30, while still a student, he participated in the making of a handful of documentaries and wrote movie scripts. In 1931, he produced the experimental film Světlo proniká tmou. The first movie he directed was 1937's Panenství. His 1938 film The Merry Wives was praised in Variety for "first-rate direction, a salty yarn and elaborate production effort", even though it had undergone certain cuts because it was considered too "ribald" by American censors. Vávra was a member of the Communist Party from 1945 to 1989. After the Communists seized power in 1948, Vávra adapted quickly to the new political climate and produced films praising the current regime and supporting the new, official interpretation of the past. In the 1950s he filmed the "Hussite Trilogy", one of his most famous works, consisting of Jan Hus (1954), Jan Žižka (1955) and Against All (1957).[2] In the 1960s, Vávra made his most celebrated films Zlatá reneta (1965), Romance for Bugle (1966) and Witchhammer (1969). Romance for Bugle was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize. In the 1970s Vávra produced his "War Trilogy" consisting of semi-documentary movies Dny zrady, Sokolovo and Osvobození Prahy, all being heavily influenced by communist propaganda. The film Dny zrady (Days of Betrayal, 1973) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma. In 1979 he was a member of the jury at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. Since the 1950s Vávra taught film direction at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Among his students were several directors of the "Czech New Wave".

Noto per

Locandina di Una vergine per l'inquisitore
Una vergine per l'inquisitore
Film · 1970 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di Krakatit
Krakatit
Film · 1948 · ★ 6,5
Locandina di Romance pro křídlovku
Romance pro křídlovku
Film · 1967 · ★ 5,4
Locandina di Světlo proniká tmou
Světlo proniká tmou
Film · 1931 · ★ 5,7
Locandina di Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Film · 1955 · ★ 6,3
Locandina di Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“
Film · 1949
Locandina di Sokolovo
Sokolovo
Film · 1975
Locandina di Panenství
Panenství
Film · 1937
Locandina di Cech panen kutnohorských
Cech panen kutnohorských
Film · 1938
Locandina di Dívka v modrém
Dívka v modrém
Film · 1940
Locandina di Jan Žižka
Jan Žižka
Film · 1956
Locandina di Proti všem
Proti všem
Film · 1957

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