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Karel Plicka

Anthropologist / Photographer / Film Director / Musician / Teacher / Camera Operator / Screenwriter | * 10/14/1894 († 92, 05/06/1987) | Vienna (Austria)
Karel Plicka (in Slovak: Karol Plicka) (14 October 1894 – 6 May 1987) was a Czechoslovak photographer, film director, cinematographer, folklorist, and pedagogue. He is considered a founder of Slovak film education and filmmaking. He helped establish the genre of ethnographic film in Czechoslovakia. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave the loot to the poor. The legend were also known in neighboring Silesia ...

Jánošík

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1936 | 2.5/5 | 1h 22min
Adventure, Drama, History
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A documentary of peasant life in an isolated village in the Carpathian Mountains of Slovakia, starting in early spring and ending after the harvest. ...

The Earth Sings

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1933 | 3.0/5 | 1h 3min
Documentary
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The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its ethnographer, who was able to make documentary shorts from a ...

Over Mountains, Over Valleys

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1930 | 2.5/5 | 1h 6min
Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Karel Plicka

Národní Umělec Recipient of The Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 3rd Class
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Movies with Karel Plicka as Crew(10)

Camera/Camera Operator1946 Cesta k barikádám
Camera/Camera Operator1945 Vlast vítá
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Prague Baroque
Directing/Director1943 Prague Baroque
Writing/Writer1943 Prague Baroque
Camera/Director of Photography1933 The Earth Sings
Directing/Director1933 The Earth Sings
Writing/Writer1933 The Earth Sings
Directing/Director1930 Over Mountains, Over Valleys
Writing/Writer1930 Over Mountains, Over Valleys

Citizenship: Czechoslovakia (former country)
Born: Sunday, 10/14 1894 (October) in Vienna (Austria)
Died: Wednesday, 05/06 1987 (May) in Prague (aged: 92)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: Czech (CS)
Other names for Karel Plicka (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Karol Plicka"
"Karel Plička"
Karel Plicka frequently works together with these people:
Otakar Vávra (6x, Crew)
Lubomír Kaválek (4x, Crew)
J. A. Holman (3x, Crew)
Josef Cepelak (2x, Crew)
Petr Rovný (2x, Crew)
Rudolf Stahl (2x, Actor)
Josef Zora (2x, Crew)
Jiří Lehovec (2x, Crew)
František Čihák (2x, Crew)
Václav Vandrovec (2x, Crew)
Oldřich Payer (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1011189, Added: 11/28/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024