Karel Kachyňa
(Czech Republic)

Karel Kachyňa (1924–2004) became a central figure of Czech film at the end of the 1950s, a position he held for forty years. With more than fifty features to his name he was one of the industry’s most prolific filmmakers, whose work wended its way through the dogmatism of socialist realism, later reflecting an affinity with the New Wave, and ultimately finding expression in socially-conscious and small-scale dramas. His most compelling movies, in particular, those highly critical of communist ideology, were made in collaboration with screenwriter Jan Procházka (Long Live the Republic, Coach to Vienna, The Nun’s Night, The Ear). Kachyňa was a born storyteller and a master of psychological realism who had an appreciation for high-calibre literary models; he knew how to create convincing characters and always found the ideal cast to play them (Love between the Raindrops, The Doctor’s Coming, Forbidden Dreams, The Cow).

Films
Filmography
Hanele
1999
Fany
1995
Kráva
1993
Městem chodí Mikuláš
1992
Poslední motýl
1990
Blázni a děvčátka
1989
Oznamuje se láskám vašim
1988
Kam, pánové, kam jdete?
1987
Dobré světlo
1986
Smrt krásných srnců
1986
Sestřičky
1983
Fandy ó Fandy
1983
Pozor, vizita!
1981
Cukrová bouda
1980
Zlatí úhoři
1979
Lásky mezi kapkami deště
1979
Čekání na déšť
1978
Smrt mouchy
1976
Malá mořská víla
1976
Škaredá dědina
1975
Robinsonka
1974
Pavlínka
1974
Horká zima
1973
Láska
1973
Vlak do stanice Nebe
1972
Tajemství velikého vypravěče
1971
Už zase skáču přes kaluže
1970
Ucho
1970
Směšný pán
1969
Vánoce s Alžbětou
1968
Noc nevěsty
1967
Kočár do Vídně
1966
Ať žije republika (Já a Julina a konec veliké války)
1965
Vysoká zeď
1963
Naděje
1963
Závrať
1962
Pouta
1961
Trápení
1961
Práče
1960
Král Šumavy
1959
Tenkrát o vánocích
1958
Ztracená stopa
1955
Dnes večer všechno skončí
1954
Za život radostný
1950
Není stále zamračeno
1949

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