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Director
Jan Šikl
Producer
Jan Šikl
Production company
Pragafilm ...
Editor
Jan Daňhel
IDF Events
2006 East Silver

Private Century - Statuary of Granddad Vinda

Soukromé století - Sousoší dědečka Vindy, Czech Republic, 2006, 52 min, Beta SP, IDF Video Library, Portrait

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Statuary of Granddad Vinda is a story of sculptor Vincenc Havel who lived in the Opava region of north Moravia in the 1950s. His film memories are a set of images that nicely depict this interesting personality, which is firmly anchored in the milieu of 1950s. Vincenc was a nonconformist and eccentric who could not get along with anybody and who was always fighting with everyone. He was a sculptor. At the beginning of tje 1950s, he made a sculpture of Klement Gottwald. Besides recognition by the state, the commission also raised envy. Therefore he retired into his house where he also built his studio. His house served him as a fort against the outside world. He was equally uncompromising in the upbringing of his daughter. The discrepancies that had originated in this relationship were a heavy burden for him later on. His whole life was a fight for recognition he would never receive.

Director:

Jan Šikl

Screenplay:

Jan Šikl

Dramaturgy:

Jan Gogola ml.

Sound:

Daniel Němec

Editor:

Jan Daňhel

Producer:

Jan Šikl