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Martin Frič, A Classic of Czech Film

Documentary Films - Out of Competition 2008 / Martin Frič, klasik českého filmu / Czech Republic 2008

A biopic created to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of one of the most popular and most refined of Czech directors. In addition to clips from his film scores, the filmmakers also point to the historical events that influenced his work and private life – a life he, himself, ended upon the arrival of the Soviet tanks in August of 1968.

Martin Frič, A Classic of Czech Film Martin Frič, A Classic of Czech Film

Synopsis

A biopic created to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of one of the most popular and most refined of Czech directors. In addition to clips from his films, the filmmakers also point to the historical events that influenced his work and private life – a life he, himself, ended upon the arrival of the Soviet tanks in August of 1968.

About the film

53 min / Color, DIGIBETA

Director Zdeněk Zelenka / Screenplay Zdeněk Zelenka / Dir. of Photography Vladimír Dousek / Music Petr Malásek, Vadim Petrov, Jiří X. Svoboda / Editor Dana Klempířová / Producer Viktor Průša / Production Česká televize / Czech Television / Cast Jiřina Bohdalová, Anna Sováková, Václav Vorlíček, Otakar Vávra, Jiří Menzel, Lubomír Lipský / Contact Czech Television, Festival Department

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