Otakar Vávra

Otakar Vávra was born on 28 February 1911 in Hradec Králové. He studied architecture in Brno and Prague without completing it, wrote film criticism and made experimental films before turning to directing in the thirties. After the war, he took part in the nationalisation of cinema and in the founding of the Prague film school, where he headed the chair of directing and taught until 2008, training several filmmakers of the new wave. He died in Prague on 15 September 2011.

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• CinemaWitchhammerKladivo na čarodějniceOtakar Vávra · 1970Cinema