Directing
Karel Vachek
- Born
- Aug 4, 1940 · Aged 80
- Died
- Dec 22, 2020
- Place of birth
- Tišnov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 1
- Directing credits
- 11
Biography
A controversial filmmaker - a documentary filmmaker of a philosophical nature, whose films have either supporters or opponents. From 1958 to 1963, he studied at the Prague FAMU. Already during his studies, he became famous for his filmmaking complexity, high erudition and philosophical-sociological depth of his films, which also led to distaste among some teachers (the school film Kamil Lhoták). He graduated from school with the film Moravian Hellas. It was a polemical reportage from the folk festivals in Strážnice. The film was personally banned by president Novotný. It was only permitted in…
