Otakar Vávra - Zorka Jan , Lída Baarová

Otakar Vávra (born February 28, 1911) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was born in Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary, now part of the Czech Republic. Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague, where he studied architecture. During 1929-30, while still a student, he participated in the making of a handful of documentaries and wrote movie scripts. In 1931, he produced the experimental film Sv tlo proniká tmou. The first movie he directed was 1937's Filosofská historie. His first feature film was 1938's Cech panen Kutnohorských, starring Zorka Jan , sister of legendary Czech actress Lída Baarová. Jan also played in Vávra's films Podvod s Rubensem and Pacientka Dr. Hegela, both from 1940. Baarová starred in Vávra's films Panenství (1937), Maskovaná milenka (1939), Dívka v modrém (1939), and Turbína (1941).

Product details

• Assisted by: Antigone Fernande (Editor)
• Publisher: Betascript Publishing
• Languages: Spanish
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2012
• EAN: 9786137854914
• ISBN: 9786137854914
• No. of pages: 68
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Film: general, reference works