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Otakar Vávra
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Czech film director, director, scriptwriter and university educator (1911–2011)
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- Works
- 3
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Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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…
Known for
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel — Self2018
- Golden Sixties — Self2009
- Searching for Ester — Himself2005
- Moje Praha — Self2002
- GENUS — Self1995
- The Great Movie Robbery1987
- Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval — Self - Audience Member1985
- A Box of Film — Self1958
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1953-05-16
- Active to
- 2021-07-01
Discography
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czech Republic
- Place of birth
- Hradec Králové
- Place of death
- Prague
- Spouse
- Jitka Němcová
- Occupation
- pedagogue
- Political party
- Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Image
- Otakar Vávra.jpg
- Work location
- Prague
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- Otakar Vávra
- date of birth
- 1911-02-28
- date of death
- 2011-09-15
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- Category:Films directed by Otakar Vávra
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- Otakar Vávra
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- place of burial
- Olšany Cemetery
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