Věra Plívová-Šimková Trailers
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Věra Plívová-Šimková ( May 29, 1934 Lomnice nad Popelkou – October 13 , 2024 Semily ) was a Czech film director, known especially for her films about children and for children.
She was born in Lomnica pod Popelka to a volunteer family. Her mother Vlasta Plívová (née Kaplanová) worked in the Svornost theater association in Lomnica, her father František was a teacher at a weaving school. When she was three years old, her father died. Her siblings were also involved in art, sister Břetislava Pospíšilová-Plívová was a painter, Vlasta Zděnovcová-Plívová was a Hispanist and translator. After passing the matriculation exam at Lepař's high school in Jičín , where she and her family moved because of her mother's work, she decided to study directing at FAMU. After completing her studies (1952–1957) under the guidance of Bořivoj Zeman, she began assisting directors Karl Kachyňa ( Král Šumava ) and Vojtěch Jasný ( Desire ) or Václav Vorlíček ( The Case of the Lupínek ) at Barrand. After finishing her film career, she lived in Chuchelno near Semil. Her husband was the glassmaker Tomáš Šimek , who died in 1998.
She died in Semily on 13 October 2024 at the age of 90.
Most Popular Věra Plívová-Šimková Trailers
Total trailers found: 30
07 June 2001
Fanny is ten year old girl and a very talented gymnast, but suddenly she's getting seriously injured and ends in a wheelchair.
01 February 1985
The 50th anniversary of the Barrandov studios was celebrated with a spectacular show: many directors and other important people gathered in the expensive decorations of the Variety Theatre auditorium (built for the Circus Humberto series).
07 April 1961
In a wooden hut used as a canvassing center, members of a children's puppet-theatre group are rehearsing for a production about a journey to the Moon.
25 December 1959
A movie about Czechoslovak border guards trying to arrest the famous escapee called "King of the Sumava".
09 November 1962
The winter Krkonoše Mountains have many pitfalls, especially if you are overly concerned about their treacherous splendour.
11 April 1966
It is the summer holiday and little Mísa Horák has taken a few animals from the school's so-called "Corner of Living Nature" home to care for.
19 May 1972
Sixth-grade pupil Katka daydreams during a math class about being Snow White and being freed by a prince who looks very much like Dzery from the eighth grade.
01 January 2002
In this 1999 documentary, which took three years to shoot, director Jan Mudra reveals Hapka's obsession with creativity, his incredible energy, and his abundance of ideas.
25 December 1958
A poignant overview of how short life can be, this interesting drama from Czech director Vojetch Jasny is divided into four separate segments.
19 March 1976
Three friends - Tomás, Hubert and Jozka - are boys growing up in a little town. Tomás lives with his aunt Apolena and uncle Václav.
01 September 1989
A story about childhood - real and the dreams. After finding a magic shell young Kačenka uses it to model her family life on the sea shore.
23 January 1981
Matej and Jenda, two of the eight children of the poor Pelc family in the Giant Mountains, help in a glass works where the oldest brother Francek works.
19 April 2007
The witch is a bit of a wildflower, a bit of a witch - and she loves the prince! Silver Hata, who rules the land below Radobel, no longer believes in human kindness, or even love.
01 December 1990
A 17-year-old student unexpectedly gives up her newborn for adoption and must confront the emotional fallout, family tensions and societal shifts of the tumultuous post-revolution era as she seeks to understand her choices and find her own way in life.
28 August 1959
In the pulmonary sanatorium, patients live out their small fates. But not everyone takes a responsible approach to their illness.
01 June 1983
Roman Hlava grew up with his diplomat parents in Latin America where he had been home-schooled by his over doting mother.
25 August 1978
The director of films for kids called Bonzurka together with her loyal assistants Drahuska and Honza are looking for the actors for a new movie "The Knee".
30 April 1965
A man boards on a tram together with a naked boy. Somebody has stolen the boy's clothes when he was out bathing, leaving him with not even change for the tram.
22 August 1980
Tomás lives in a very small Czech town and is a nature lover and a birdwatcher. He struggles to keep the forests he loves clean and constantly fights his "archenemy" whose sister and Tomás's classmate is secretly in love with him.
31 May 1963
The water fairy Rusalka falls in love with an earthly prince. In vain, Father Aquarius warns her. Her sincere feelings are met with human treachery.
14 September 1995
A family film from two legends of Czech children film, Vera Plívová-Simková and Drahomíra Králová.
01 October 1988
The main character of the story, which is a sensitive probe into the soul of a little girl, is five-year-old Kačka Znamínková, who lives with her parents in a picturesque village in the foothills.
01 January 1964
A girl in the dance class has a problem with a perceived handicap - glasses.
30 October 1970
Sliding, skiing, snow forts, snowball fights, in short, winter is the right season for the children from the village under the Šibeničák hill to have fun.
15 November 1974
Children from the village Bystrá are awaiting a nice and thrilling weekend. On Saturday they will play the championship football match with the nonresident boys from the village Skuhrov, on Sunday there will be the funfair with merry-go-round, swings and stalls with dainties.
24 December 2007
For those who love romantic fairy tales full of mysterious magic and spells, filming began in June on the story of Princess Mařinka and the young man Černoočko.
18 April 1969
In the village cemetery, the funeral of a married couple - victims of a car crash - is ending. The relatives unscrupulously take away the facilities of the dead people's little cottage, totally ignorant of the fate of eight-year old Ruda, whom the childless couple took from a children's home and adopted.
01 January 1986
A boyish dispute over drums full of scared pigeons.
01 January 1967
Short film about the stuggles of dancing.
