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Director
Jan Špáta
Producer
Richard Němec
Production company
VERBASCUM IMAGO ...
Director of photography
Jan Špáta
Editor
Jana Janochová ...
Sales
Krátký Film Praha a.s.

The restored films of Jan Špáta

Restaurované filmy Jana Špáty, Czech Republic, 2009, 103 min, Digi Beta, DVD, HD, Archive, Music, Personal View, Social Issues, Society, Travel

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A selection from a unique project to digitally restore the films of legendary Czech documentarist Jan Špáta. One of Špáta’s first accomplishments as a director is the renowned film essay Respice finem (15 min) about old village women humbly waiting for the end of life. In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, the director created the report Hallo Satchmo (26 min). In Variations on Gustav Mahler’s Theme (Variace na téma Gustava Mahlera, 13 min) Špáta rendered his relationship to and admiration for the world-renowned, Czech-born musical genius. In 1990 he and photographer Jindřich Štreit observed the lives of the subjects of Štreit’s photographs from the border region in Between Light and Darkness (Mezi světlem a tmou, 24 min). Athletic Variations (Atletické variace, 28 min) is a sophisticated essay on winning and losing during the 1982 European Athletics Championships held in Athens.

The project, to be released on four DVDs, includes the digital restoration and transfer to HD format of 18 of Jan Špáta’s most important works.

Director:

Jan Špáta

Producer:

Richard Němec

Executive producer:

Richard Němec, Magdalena Novotná

Dramaturgy:

Olga Sommerová

Director of photography:

Jan Špáta

Editor:

Marie Křížková, Vlasta Styblíková, Lukáš Rak, Jana Janochová