16mm film

The Work of Bedřich the Terrible (1951) r: A. F. Šulc 15´

Bedřich Hrozný (6. 5. 1879 - 12.12.1952)

Bedřich Hrozný was an internationally renowned Czech cuneiform writer and orientalist who deciphered the language of the ancient Hittites and thus laid the foundations of the field of chetitology.

Greedy Barka, r: Vlasta Pospíšilová, 1986, 16´

Vlasta Pospíšilová (18.2.1935 - 15.4.2022)

Vlasta Pospíšilová was a Czech screenwriter, animator and director. She collaborated on many short and feature films with a number of award-winning Czech directors. She was a highly acclaimed animator, also on the international scene, especially in the field of puppet animation.

Stupid frog, 1971, 7´

Gene Deitch (8.8.1924 - 16.4.2020)

Gene Deitch was an American director and producer of animated films who lived in Prague for more than half a century. He started out as an artist for the music magazine The Record Changer. Later he made cartoons and commercials for United Productions of America. His film Sidney's Family Tree was nominated for an Academy Award in 1958.

Collectable crudes, 1965, 31´

Juraj Herz (+ 08.04.2018)

Juraj Herz was a Slovak director, screenwriter and actor of Jewish origin. He came from a Jewish family, was baptized, then became an atheist. He studied photography at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bratislava and later directing and puppetry at the DAMU in Prague. In 1960-1961 he acted and directed at the Semafor theatre in Prague.

Jazz in Germany, 20´

Benny Goodmann (30.5.1909 - 13.6.1986)

Benny Goodman, full name Benjamin David Goodman, was a legendary swing musician, clarinetist, composer and actor who earned nicknames such as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "Mr. Professor" and "Old Swing Statesman" during his long career.

Duke Ellington (29.4.1899 - 24.5.1974)

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz composer and pianist, for many years the leader of his own orchestra. One of the most important figures of 20th century jazz. An original creator, author of more than two thousand jazz compositions.

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