Karel Vachek
Director
- Born
- August 4, 1940
- Died
- December 22, 2020 (age 80)
- From
- Tišnov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
A controversial filmmaker - a documentary filmmaker of a philosophical nature, whose films have either supporters or opponents. From 1958 to 1963, he studied at the Prague FAMU. Already during his studies, he became famous for his filmmaking complexity, high erudition and philosophical-sociological depth of his films, which also led to distaste among some teachers (the school film Kamil Lhoták).…
Filmography (12)
All Men Become Brothers (2023)
Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy (2019)Director
Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley (2011)Director- Záviš, the Prince of Pornofolk Under the Influence of Griffith's Intolerance and Tati's Monsieur Hulot's Holiday or the Establishment and Doom of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)Záviš, the Prince of Pornofolk Under the Influence of Griffith's Intolerance and Tati's Monsieur Hulot's Holiday or the Establishment and Doom of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992) (2006)Director
- Who Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or the Key to Uncle Tom's CabinWho Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin (2003)Director
- Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) (2000)Director
- What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New GovernmentWhat Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government (1996)Director
- New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, BrotherhoodNew Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (1992)Director
Elective Affinities (1968)Director- FloodsFloods (1966)Director
Moravian Hellas (1964)Director- Malíř Kamil LhotákMalíř Kamil Lhoták (1960)Director
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