Karol Plicka
(Austria)

Karol Plicka (1894–1987) was a famous Slovak-Czech photographer, folklorist, filmmaker and collector of moments, ethnographer, cameraman, director, music scientist and pedagogue, violin virtuoso and professor, co-founder of the Prague FAMU film school (1946), admirer of nature and traditional folk work, and admirer of architecture and folk crafts. Plicka’s films have been awarded at festivals in Italy (Florence, Venice) and his photography books and songbooks are still collectible today. Karol Plicka was a personality who still inspires and motivates enthusiasm for the culture of our ancestors.

Films
Filmography
Baroque Prague
1946
Mr. President in Slovakia
1945
The Eternal Song
1941
Drowning of Marzanna
1937
The President of the Republic dr. E. Beneš's visit
1937
Visiting Slovaks from New York through to Mississippi
1937
Symphony of Czechoslovakia
1934
The Old Slovak Culture
1934
The Spring in Prague
1934
The Earth Sings
1933
To All the Agricultural People...
1931
Over Hill and Dale
1929
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia
1929

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