Jan Špáta Movies

Documentary filmmaker Drahomíra Vihanová made a documentary Searching during the filming of František Vláčil's...

Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.

In 1990, filmmaker Jan Špáta headed to the North Moravian border region to join photographer Jindřich Štreit. His social...

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...

Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet...

A Czech documentary filmmaker's cinematic travelogue of Ireland.

A study of Czech mountain-climbers, taking place in Adrspach - Teplice Rocks and Prachov Rocks.

Random people in the street as well as well-known personalities answer the question by Olga Sommerova.

The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.

A continuous, extreme show is held, every year, in Tesla Arena in Prague. The visitors can be impressed by shows of dangerous riding on motorcycles,...

In 1964, Jan Spáta created his documentary called Nejvetsí prání (1964), an enquette about the desires of the young...

A dryly humourous quasi-philosophical account of the nature and psyche of Scotland and its natives, from the perspective of two visiting Czechs.

Meat evokes happiness hormones, but behind the gentle words “pork belly” or “neck” lies a meat factory where meat is divided,...

An exploration of the declining birth rate in the Czechoslovakia.

Where there are temptations, there must also be control. Jan Špáta and inspectors from the consumer council of communist...