Otakar Vávra — Playwright (26)
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August Sunday (1961)
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Otakar Vávra actor: Vlasta Fabianová / Karel Höger …
other title: Srpnová neděle
This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local youth meet. As is typical of the works of Hrubín, it is a conflict of youth and age, life and death, represented by the medical student Zuzana and her beloved Jirka.
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Rozina the Love Child (1945)
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Otakar Vávra actor: Marie Glázrová / Zdeněk Štěpánek …
other title: Rozina sebranec / Die Ungeliebte
Prague, the beginning of the 17th century. Rozina falls in love with Italian glass worker Nikolo, but after returning home, she gets a message that will never come to Prague. She falls for the promise of an older man to marry her, but when Nikolo does return, the tragic fate of Rozina is sealed.
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Oldrich and Bozena (1985)
Oldrich a Bozena IMDb Douban
奥塔卡·瓦夫拉 actor: 吉里·巴托斯卡 / Ilona Svobodová …
other title: Oldrich a Bozena / 奥尔德里奇和博泽纳 …
"At the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries Boleslav's kingdom fell apart in the fratricidal war between the Premyslovci and the other clans the main profiteer of this being the German emperor. At that time it seemed as if the Czech state and the lineage of its princes was awaiting its end..." It is with these words that the tale of this film begins, whose narrative is based upon the the play by Frantisek Hrubín of the same name.
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A Little Street in Paradise (1936)
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Martin Frič actor: Hans Moser / Peter Bosse …
other title: Das Gässchen zum Paradies / 天堂之路 …
A poor dog catcher in Prague takes up an orphan's boy who finds his favorite bull with him, with himself, until both find a better home, finally, with a rich family. - In antiquated style with put on warmth told comedy.
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Dark Sun (1980)
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Otakar Vávra actor: Radoslav Brzobohatý / Rudolf Hrušínský …
other title: Dunkle Sonne / Temné slunce …
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive “Krakatit” and soon confronts manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies. Realizing his invention’s threat, he fights to prevent its misuse, risking everything to stop those who seek to exploit his epochal discovery.
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The Adventurous Bachelor (1946)
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Otakar Vávra actor: Zdeněk Štěpánek / Vlasta Matulová …
other title: Nezbedný bakalář / 冒險的單身漢 …
Even the pre-Blohemian times were not idyllic. Even a bachelor, invited by the consuls to Rakovník to elevate the local education system, finds out. But the stingy and proud townspeople soon grow to dislike him, and even love does not develop according to his wishes.
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扬·胡斯 (1954)
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奥塔卡·瓦夫拉 actor: 兹德涅克·斯捷潘内克 / 卡雷尔·赫格 …
other title: Jan Hus
本片为《胡斯党三部曲》（Hussite trilogy）首部曲。是由奥塔卡·瓦夫拉（Otakar Vavra，著名导演，1963年后任布拉格电影学院教授，早年参加“左翼阵线”，属于受当局信任的“老同志”，南斯拉夫大导演库斯图里卡的恩师）导演。扬·胡斯，15世纪要求宗教改革的新教传教士，后被提天主教会烧死，他的信徒们之后掀起了长达十八年的宗教战争。本片所述的故事发生在1412年5月至1415年夏天。
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Against All (1957)
Proti všem WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
奥塔卡·瓦夫拉 actor: 兹德涅克·斯捷潘内克 / Gustav Hilmar …
other title: 反对一切 / Proti všem
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.