Jan Spáta was born on October 25, 1932 in Náchod, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Nejvetsí prání II (1990), Mezi svetlem a tmou (1990) and A kdo je vinen? (1971). He was married to Olga Sommerová. He died on August 18, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Total trailers found: 38
01 January 1996
Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet revolution.
01 January 1962
Visiting the company cafeteria is like going through the nine circles of Dante’s Inferno. At least that’s how Valoušek, editor of Kulturní noviny, sees it when he unwittingly becomes the protagonist of a social experiment at the local company cafeteria, where everything happens the opposite of how it should.
01 January 1983
Athletic Variations (Atletické variace, 28 min) is a sophisticated essay on winning and losing during the 1982 European Athletics Championships held in Athens.
15 February 1968
The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.
01 January 1964
An exploration of the declining birth rate in the Czechoslovakia.
09 June 1989
Random people in the street as well as well-known personalities answer the question by Olga Sommerova.
19 December 1982
Documentary short about the title composer, born in what was called "Czechoslovakia" when the film was made.
01 January 1965
A study of Czech mountain-climbers, taking place in Adrspach - Teplice Rocks and Prachov Rocks.
01 January 1974
A continuous, extreme show is held, every year, in Tesla Arena in Prague. The visitors can be impres�
01 January 1977
Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.
01 January 1979
The hypnotic empathetic documentary about blind children features quotes from Jacques Lusseryan, who lost his sight as a child and used music by the blind Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo.
01 January 1963
A short documentary about the work of railwaymen and life on the railway.
30 August 1968
"A refined film essay about the loneliness, wisdom and humility of old women. The film, most valued by Jan Špáta, was awarded the Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, the Trilobit Award and Special Mention at the IFF in Karlovy Vary.
05 February 1965
A dryly humourous quasi-philosophical account of the nature and psyche of Scotland and its natives, from the perspective of two visiting Czechs.
29 December 1967
In 8 miniatures, the search for happiness is approached from a different angle. Can you have a guinea pig as a husband?
01 January 1962
In creating the film, Evald Schorm and Jan Špáta took full advantage of the possibilities offered by the Cinemascope format and created a visual poem about the beauty and fate of trees and the simple life of people in the mountains.
01 January 1965
A synagogue service in Bohemia, where the Torah scrolls are ceremoniously taken out and read, intercut with images of a Jewish cemetery.
03 January 1990
In 1964, Jan Spáta created his documentary called Nejvetsí prání (1964), an enquette about the desires of the young generation.
01 January 1967
A Czech documentary filmmaker's cinematic travelogue of Ireland.
30 April 1965
In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the report 'Hallo Satchmo'.
14 June 1979
Documentary filmmaker Drahomíra Vihanová made a documentary Searching during the filming of František Vláčil's Concert at the End of Summer.
01 April 1966
A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the sadness, hope, or resignation of the patients.
01 January 1991
In 1990, filmmaker Jan Špáta headed to the North Moravian border region to join photographer Jindřich Štreit.
20 November 1964
Sociological study of the real values of young people in socialism.
01 January 1981
Meat evokes happiness hormones, but behind the gentle words “pork belly” or “neck” lies a meat factory where meat is divided, quartered, and cut up.
01 January 1984
Where there are temptations, there must also be control. Jan Špáta and inspectors from the consumer council of communist Czechoslovakia’s national committees visit butcher shops in Prague 2.
