Otakar Vávra
Directing
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".
Known for
Directing55
Moje Praha
2002
Director
GENUS
1995
Director
movieVeronika
1986
Director
movieOldrich and Bozena
1985
Director
movieKomediant
1984
Director
moviePutování Jana Amose
1983
Director
movieDark Sun
1980
Director
movieSokolovo
1975
Director
movieDays of Betrayal
1973
Director
movieWitchhammer
1970
Director
movieThe Thirteenth Chamber
1969
Director
movieRomance for Bugle
1967
Director
movieGolden Queen
1965
Director
movieThe Night Guest
1961
Director
movieAugust Sunday
1961
Director
moviePolicejní hodina
1961
Director
moviePrvní parta
1960
Director
movieObčan Brych
1959
Director
movieAgainst All
1957
Director
movieJan Žižka
1956
Director
movieJan Hus
1955
Director
Nástup
1953
Director
Láska
1950
Director
movieSilent Barricade
1949
Director
movieKrakatit
1948
Director
movieRozina the Love Child
1945
Director
Vlast vítá
1945
Director
movieHappy Journey
1943
Director
moviePřijdu hned
1942
Director
movieOkouzlená
1942
Director
Turbina
1941
Director
movieMay Fairy Tale
1940
Director
movieThe Masked Lover
1940
Director
moviePacientka dr. Hegla
1940
Director
movieThe Girl in Blue
1940
Director
movieThe Magic House
1939
Director
movieHumoreska
1939
Director
movieThe Merry Wives
1938
Director
movieHistory of Philosophy
1937
Director
movieVirginity
1937
Director
Listopad
1935
Director
Writing78
Moje Praha
2002
Story, Screenplay
GENUS
1995
Writer
movieVeronika
1986
Screenplay
movieOldrich and Bozena
1985
Screenplay
movieKomediant
1984
Screenplay
moviePutování Jana Amose
1983
Story, Screenplay
movieDark Sun
1980
Screenplay
movieA Story of Love and Honor
1978
Screenplay
movieThe Liberation of Prague
1977
Story, Screenplay
movieSokolovo
1975
Story, Screenplay
movieDays of Betrayal
1973
Story, Screenplay
movieWitchhammer
1970
Screenplay
movieThe Thirteenth Chamber
1969
Screenplay
movieRomance for Bugle
1967
Screenplay
movieGolden Queen
1965
Screenplay
Horoucí srdce
1963
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Night Guest
1961
Screenplay
movieAugust Sunday
1961
Screenplay
moviePolicejní hodina
1961
Screenplay
moviePrvní parta
1960
Screenplay
movieObčan Brych
1959
Screenplay
movieAgainst All
1957
Creative Producer, Screenplay
movieJan Žižka
1956
Creative Producer, Story, Screenplay
movieJan Hus
1955
Story, Screenplay
movieShoesmachine
1954
Screenplay
Nástup
1953
Screenplay
moviePosel úsvitu
1951
Creative Producer
movieRacek Is Late
1950
Creative Producer
Dva ohně
1950
Creative Producer
Láska
1950
Screenplay
movieRodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
1949
Creative Producer
Year of the Revolution 1848
1949
Creative Producer, Story, Screenplay
movieHostinec „U kamenného stolu“
1949
Creative Producer, Story, Screenplay
movieSilent Barricade
1949
Creative Producer, Screenplay
Vzbouření na vsi
1949
Creative Producer
movieNa dobré stopě
1949
Creative Producer
White Darkness
1948
Creative Producer
The Musician
1948
Creative Producer
Wild Beasts
1948
Creative Producer
movieKrakatit
1948
Creative Producer, Screenplay
Až se vrátíš...
1948
Creative Producer
Presentiment
1947
Creative Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Adventurous Bachelor
1946
Screenplay
Cesta k barikádám
1946
Screenplay, Story
movieRozina the Love Child
1945
Screenplay
Vlast vítá
1945
Screenplay, Story
Návrat presidenta dr. Edvarda Beneše do Prahy 16. května 1945
1945
Screenplay, Story
movieHappy Journey
1943
Screenplay
moviePřijdu hned
1942
Screenplay
movieOkouzlená
1942
Screenplay
Turbina
1941
Screenplay
movieMay Fairy Tale
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Masked Lover
1940
Screenplay
moviePacientka dr. Hegla
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Girl in Blue
1940
Screenplay
movieThe Magic House
1939
Screenplay
movieHumoreska
1939
Screenplay
movieThe Merry Wives
1938
Screenplay
movieJejí pastorkyně
1938
Screenplay
movieHlídač č. 47
1937
Screenplay
movieHistory of Philosophy
1937
Screenplay
movieVirginity
1937
Screenplay
movieMorality Above All Else
1937
Screenplay
movieUličnice
1936
Screenplay
moviePassage in the Paradise
1936
Screenplay, Story
movieThree Men in the Snow
1936
Screenplay
Listopad
1935
Screenplay
Bezdětná
1935
Screenplay
movieThe Eleventh Commandment
1935
Screenplay
movieMaryša
1935
Screenplay
We Live in Prague
1934
Story, Screenplay
Svítání
1933
Screenplay
movieThe Light Penetrates the Dark
1931
Screenplay, Story
