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Otakar Vávra

Czech film director, director, scriptwriter and university educator (1911-2011) · Czechia · On the map · Directors · Died at 100

Otakar Vávra was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue.

Otakar Vávra is read about 22 times a day, in 26 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 142 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2011Died15 September 2011Annual award ACFKAwardArtis Bohemiae Amicis MedalAward2009Golden SixtiesSeries2004Czech Medal of Merit, 1st classAward2001Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech FilmAward1995GENUSSeries, Director, Writer1987The Great Movie RobberyFilm1985Oldrich and BozenaFilm, Director, Writer1980Order of the RepublicAward1978A Story of Love and HonorFilm, Director, Writer1973Days of BetrayalFilm, Director, Writer1968Národní umělecAward1967Romance for BugleFilm, Director, Writer1961The Night GuestFilm, Director, Writer1956Jan ŽižkaFilm, Director, Writer1949Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“Film, Writer1947PresentimentFilm, Director, Writer1942Přijdu hnedFilm, Director, Writer1940May Fairy TaleFilm, Director, Writer1937Camel Through The Eye Of A NeedleFilm, Director, Writer1935ListopadFilm, Director, Writer1931The Light Penetrates the DarkFilm, Director, Writer1911Born28 February 1911

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167 credits on file

Television 2

Media & music

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Awards

Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal2011
Annual award ACFK2011
Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class2004
Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film2001
Order of the Republic1980
Národní umělec1968
Ehrenschild des Protektorats Böhmen und Mähren

About this person

Country
Czechia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 2011 · aged 100