Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague...
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Witchhammer (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Kladivo na čarodějnice) is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novel Kladivo na čarodějnice...
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Stalin in Prague Otakar Švorčík (1886–1955), Czech fencer Otakar Vávra (1911–2011), Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue Otakar Vindyš (1884–1949)...
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with Barrandov Studios founded in 1933. During WWII, filmmakers like Otakar Vávra continued working despite Nazi occupation. In the Post-war period, the...
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Vávra (feminine: Vávrová) is a Czech-language surname. Notable people include: Dana Vávrová (1967 2009), Czech-German actress Daniel Vávra (born 1972)...
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actress. She starred in the 1969/1970 film Witchhammer under director Otakar Vávra. She was born in Trnava. Valentová died on 10 December 2022, at the age...
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Days of Betrayal (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
(Czech: Dny zrady) is a 1973 Czechoslovakian drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. The film was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival...
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Witchhammer under director Otakar Vávra. Lízin let do nebe (1937) - Jula Plichta Škola základ života (1938) - tercián Vávra Klapzubova jedenáctka (1938)...
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Virginity (film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Virginity (Czech: Panenství) is a 1937 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. Lída Baarová as Hana Poláčková Jaroslava Skorkovská as Hana's mother...
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Sokolovo (film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
made by Otakar Vávra depicting the Battle of Sokolovo in 1943. The film was published in two parts and was meant as the middle part of Vávra's "war trilogy"...
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Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy is a trilogy of films by Otakar Vávra. It consists of Jan Hus, Jan Žižka and Against All. It was the most expensive Czechoslovak...
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The Merry Wives (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
kutnohorských) is a 1938 Czechoslovak historical comedy film directed by Otakar Vávra. Zdeněk Štěpánek as Mikuláš Dačický of Heslov Ladislav Pešek as Očko...
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from his predecessors (for example a well-known 1955 film Jan Žižka by Otakar Vávra) which focused on his glorious Hussite period. Jákl admitted that although...
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Jan Amos Comenius (film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Wanderings of Jan Amos) is a 1983 Czechoslovak historical film directed by Otakar Vávra. It tells the story of John Amos Comenius, a Czech philosopher, pedagogue...
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The Adventurous Bachelor (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Bachelor (Czech: Nezbedný bakalář) is a 1946 Czech comedy film directed by Otakar Vávra. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. Zdeněk Štěpánek –...
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Gruss (actor) Comedy 4 Krakatit (1948) Otakar Vávra Adventure, Science Fiction 5 Silent Barricade (1949) Otakar Vávra War 6 Čapek's Tales (1947) Martin Frič...
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Krakatit (film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Krakatit is a 1948 Czechoslovak science fiction mystery film directed by Otakar Vávra, starring Karel Höger as a chemist who suffers from delirium and regret...
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hořkosti Lídy Baarové ("Lída Baarová's Bittersweet Memories", 1995) Otakar Vávra Adina Mandlová Notes Baarova, Lida (18 May 2021). "Interview with Lida...
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a major character of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy" directed by Otakar Vávra. He is played by Zdeněk Štěpánek in the 1954 film Jan Hus. Jan Hus is...
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Jan Hus (1954 film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of Otakar Vávra, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Against All (1956). The opening...
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March 2011). "The man who was willing to pay the price: film director Otakar Vávra turns 100". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2 March 2011. "Skådespelaren Meta...
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The Magic House (film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
(Czech: Kouzelný dům) is a 1939 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. Adina Mandlová as Marie Ungrová Růžena Nasková as Vilemína Balvínová...
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of Witches. The man who was willing to pay the price: film director Otakar Vávra turns 100, Radio Prague International, March 1, 2011 "Toei Animation...
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První parta (film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
První parta is a 1959 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. Eduard Cupák as Stanislav Pulpán Gustáv Valach as Adam Jaroslav Vojta as Suchánek...
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(1880–1945), architect Josef Čapek (1887–1945), painter, writer, poet Otakar Vávra (1911–2011), film director Avigdor Dagan (1912–2006), Israeli diplomat...
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Dívka v modrém (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Dívka v modrém is a 1939 Czech comedy film directed by Otakar Vávra. Lída Baarová as Vlasta/Countess Blanka of Blankenburg Oldřich Nový as Notary Jan Karas...
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Premonition (1947 film) (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Premonition (Czech: Předtucha) is a 1947 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Nataša Tanská and Rudolf Hrušínský. The film was screened...
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a central figure of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy" directed by Otakar Vávra. The films starred Zdeněk Štěpánek as Žižka. It consists of Jan Hus,...
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Okouzlená (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
Okouzlená (English: Enchanted) is a 1942 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra. Nataša Gollová as Lenka Bártová Václav Vydra as Rupert Hojtaš Leopolda...
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I'll Be Right Over (category Films directed by Otakar Vávra)
(Czech: Přijdu hned) is a 1942 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Otakar Vávra. Saša Rašilov as Václav Barvínek - vycpavac zvere Vlasta Matulová as...
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