Otakar Vávra
Directing
Born: 1911-02-28 · Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died: 2011-09-15
Biography
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 direc
🎬 Movies (30)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
Self
Searching for Ester
2005
Himself
Moje Praha
2002
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Evropa tančila valčík
1989
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The Great Movie Robbery
1987
Veronika
1986
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Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985
Self - Audience Member
Oldrich and Bozena
1985
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Komediant
1984
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Putování Jana Amose
1983
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Dark Sun
1980
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A Story of Love and Honor
1978
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The Liberation of Prague
1977
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Sokolovo
1975
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Days of Betrayal
1973
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Witchhammer
1970
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The Thirteenth Chamber
1969
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Romance for Bugle
1967
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Golden Queen
1965
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Horoucí srdce
1963
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The Night Guest
1961
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August Sunday
1961
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Policejní hodina
1961
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Národní umělec Zdeněk Štěpánek
1960
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První parta
1960
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Občan Brych
1959
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A Box of Film
1958
Self
Against All
1957
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Jan Žižka
1956
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Jan Hus
1955
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