Jan Špáta Movies

A short film by Olga Sommerová about what it means to be at home. It features interviews with residents living near Lake Lipno as well as...

Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet...

In 1964, Jan Spáta created his documentary called Nejvetsí prání (1964), an enquette about the desires of the young...

In 1990, filmmaker Jan Špáta headed to the North Moravian border region to join photographer Jindřich Štreit. His social...

In creating the film, Evald Schorm and Jan Špáta took full advantage of the possibilities offered by the Cinemascope format and created...

A synagogue service in Bohemia, where the Torah scrolls are ceremoniously taken out and read, intercut with images of a Jewish cemetery.

A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the...

Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.

The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...

Random people in the street as well as well-known personalities answer the question by Olga Sommerova.

An exploration of the declining birth rate in the Czechoslovakia.

A study of Czech mountain-climbers, taking place in Adrspach - Teplice Rocks and Prachov Rocks.

Meat evokes happiness hormones, but behind the gentle words “pork belly” or “neck” lies a meat factory where meat is divided,...

Where there are temptations, there must also be control. Jan Špáta and inspectors from the consumer council of communist...

A continuous, extreme show is held, every year, in Tesla Arena in Prague. The visitors can be impressed by shows of dangerous riding on motorcycles,...