Otakar Vávra
Known for Directing · 8 credits
- Born
- 1911-02-28
- Died
- 2011-09-15
- Place of birth
- Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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 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]
Known For
GENUS
1995
as Self
Golden Sixties
2009
as Self
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
Searching for Ester
2005
as Himself
The Great Movie Robbery
1987
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985
as Self - Audience Member
TV Shows (2)
Movies (6)
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018
as Self
Searching for Ester
2005
as Himself
The Great Movie Robbery
1987
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985
as Self - Audience Member
Moje Praha
2002
as Self
A Box of Film
1958
as Self
About Otakar Vávra
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"… With 8 credits spanning from 1958 to 2018, Otakar Vávra has appeared in 6 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Otakar Vávra Movies
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018) — as Self
- Searching for Ester (2005) — as Himself
- The Great Movie Robbery (1987)
- Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval (1985) — as Self - Audience Member
- Moje Praha (2002) — as Self
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