Czech Films 2017–2018 2018 / Universum Brdečka / Czech Republic 2017
Creative fervour and the genesis of several legendary Czech films are mapped out in this documentary portrayal of a man whose life was defined by his passion for film. Jiří Brdečka became celebrated for his animation works and also for his screenplays written for the likes of Jan Werich and Oldřich Lipský. Documentarist Miroslav Janek allows us a glimpse into the filmmaker’s private world.
The incredibly versatile professional career of Jiří Brdečka, Czech screenwriter and illustrator, was grounded in his faith in the power of art. In Miroslav Janek’s documentary Brdečka’s enchantment with filmmaking begins with his work as a caricaturist and film critic. He taught himself to write screenplays by watching films, as we discover from his daughter, the writer Tereza Brdečková, who comments on the family’s history. Here, archive materials and various other sources unveil the personality of an intellectual who always yearned to discover faraway places, who didn’t consider his characters as heroes, but as people, and who co-created such legendary works as Lemonade Joe, Adele’s Dinner and The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians.
Jan Škoda
84 min / Color, DCP
Director Miroslav Janek
/ Screenplay Tereza Brdečková
/ Dir. of Photography Miroslav Janek
/ Editor Tonička Janková
/ Producer Ondřej Zima
/ Production Evoluton Films
/ Coproduction Česká televize
/ Sales Evolution Films
/ Distributor Aerofilms
www: www.evolutionfilms.cz/?evofolio=jiri-brdecka
Miroslav Janek (b. 1954, Náchod, Czechoslovakia). Selected filmography: The Unseen (1996), Battle for Life (2000), Crimson Sails (2001), Kha-chee-pae (2005), Citizen Havel (2008), The Confessions of Kateryna K. (2008), Burning (2012), Olga (2014), The Gospel According to Brabenec (2014), Film Spa (2015), Normal Autistic Film (2016)
Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]
Evolution Films
Senovážné náměstí 10, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 222 240 770
E-mail: [email protected]
Ondřej Zima
Producer
Miroslav Janek
Film Director
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