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Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague, where he studied architecture. During 1929–30, while still a student, he participated in the making of a handful of documentaries and wrote movie scripts. In 1931, he produced the experimental film Světlo proniká tmou. The first movie he directed was 1937's Panenství. His 1938 film The Merry Wives was praised in Variety for "first-rate direction, a salty yarn and elaborate production effort", even though it had undergone certain cuts becau…
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- GENUS (1995) Director
- Golden Sixties (2009) as Self
- The Liberation of Prague (1977) Director
- Sokolovo (1975) Director
- Against All (1957) Director
- Evropa tančila valčík (1989) Director
- Krakatit (1948) Creative Producer
- Posel úsvitu (1951) Creative Producer
- Silent Barricade (1949) Creative Producer
- Jan Žižka (1956) Screenplay
- Happy Journey (1943) Director
- Jan Hus (1955) Story
- Putování Jana Amose (1983) Director
- The Eleventh Commandment (1935) Screenplay
- A Little Street in Paradise (1936) Writer
- The Girl in Blue (1940) Director
- Dark Sun (1980) Director
- White Darkness (1948) Creative Producer
- The Great Movie Robbery (1987) Cast
- CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (2018) as Self
- Policejní hodina (1961) Screenplay
- Dva ohně (1950) Creative Producer
- Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1949) Story
- Komediant (1984) Director
- Oldrich and Bozena (1985) Director
- Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval (1985) as Self - Audience Member
- Hlídač č. 47 (1937) Screenplay
- Maryša (1935) Screenplay
- The Adventurous Bachelor (1946) Director
- Občan Brych (1959) Screenplay
- Witchhammer (1970) Director
- Shoesmachine (1954) Screenplay
- Veronika (1986) Screenplay
- Three Men in the Snow (1936) Screenplay
- Uličnice (1936) Screenplay
- The Masked Lover (1940) Screenplay
- Rozina the Love Child (1945) Director
- Virginity (1937) Director
- Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle (1937) Director
- A Story of Love and Honor (1978) Director
- Passage in the Paradise (1936) Screenplay
- The Merry Wives (1938) Director
- Days of Betrayal (1973) Director
- Wild Beasts (1948) Creative Producer
- History of Philosophy (1937) Director
- Humoreska (1939) Director
- Horoucí srdce (1963) Story
- Year of the Revolution 1848 (1949) Creative Producer
- The Night Guest (1961) Screenplay
- Okouzlená (1942) Director
- Svítání (1933) Screenplay
- The Magic House (1939) Director
- Vlast vítá (1945) Director
- Morality Above All Else (1937) Screenplay
- August Sunday (1961) Director
- Na dobré stopě (1949) Creative Producer
- Turbina (1941) Director
- The Musician (1948) Creative Producer
- Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky (1949) Creative Producer
- Nástup (1953) Director
- Romance for Bugle (1967) Director
- Golden Queen (1965) Screenplay
- První parta (1960) Screenplay
- Až se vrátíš... (1948) Creative Producer
- The Light Penetrates the Dark (1931) Director
- Presentiment (1947) Creative Producer
- Přijdu hned (1942) Director
- May Fairy Tale (1940) Director
- Searching for Ester (2005) as Himself
- Národní umělec Zdeněk Štěpánek (1960) Director
- Racek Is Late (1950) Creative Producer
- The Thirteenth Chamber (1969) Director
- Bezdětná (1935) Screenplay
- Ze světa lesních samot (1933) Screenplay
- Pacientka dr. Hegla (1940) Screenplay
- Vzbouření na vsi (1949) Creative Producer
- Moje Praha (2002) Director
- Listopad (1935) Director
- Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy (1935) Screenplay
- Láska (1949) Screenplay
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Most-watched Otakar Vávra films currently: The Liberation of Prague (1977), Sokolovo (1975), Against All (1957), Evropa tančila valčík (1989), Krakatit (1948).
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Selected TV credits: GENUS (1995), Golden Sixties (2009).
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