- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Czech Republic
Zika Adolf
Jan Saudek: Trapped by His Passions, No Hope for Rescue
The full-length documentary film Jan Saudek provides a personally truthful yet harsh life story of a hero and dropout. It is presented as a grand drama, not just full of stirring, colorful photographs, but also provocative ideas, illusions and ideals. Jan Saudek became a world-renowned photographer, winning international awards and being exhibited abroad, long before he had gained recognition in his native country.
The Le Mans Phenomenon
Documentary about the famous endurance race.
Silent Passion
A TV documentary with an artistic angle and emotional story about two railroad workers, brothers, who were willing to sacrifice family life for their childhood dream, which eventually became their only silent passion. For many of us, it is just a memory bridge into childhood; for them the level of intensity and self devotion for a ‘hobby’ is much higher than common sense would suggest. Their side-tracked train wagon with a model railroad inside is their shrine and sanctuary protecting them from real life and their unfortunate fate resulting in broken relationships and failed marriages. Silent Passion is about humanity, enthusiasm, devotion and the ability to experience passion in a silent, yet emotional and expressive way.
The full-length documentary film Jan Saudek provides a personally truthful yet harsh life story of a hero and dropout. It is presented as a grand drama, not just full of stirring, colorful photographs, but also provocative ideas, illusions and ideals. Jan Saudek became a world-renowned photographer, winning international awards and being exhibited abroad, long before he had gained recognition in his native country.
The Le Mans Phenomenon
Documentary about the famous endurance race.
Silent Passion
A TV documentary with an artistic angle and emotional story about two railroad workers, brothers, who were willing to sacrifice family life for their childhood dream, which eventually became their only silent passion. For many of us, it is just a memory bridge into childhood; for them the level of intensity and self devotion for a ‘hobby’ is much higher than common sense would suggest. Their side-tracked train wagon with a model railroad inside is their shrine and sanctuary protecting them from real life and their unfortunate fate resulting in broken relationships and failed marriages. Silent Passion is about humanity, enthusiasm, devotion and the ability to experience passion in a silent, yet emotional and expressive way.
Silent Passion
A TV documentary with an artistic angle and emotional story about two railroad workers, brothers, who were willing to sacrifice family life for their childhood dream, which eventually became their only silent passion. For many of us, it is just a memory bridge into childhood; for them the level of intensity and self devotion for a ‘hobby’ is much higher than common sense would suggest. Their side-tracked train wagon with a model railroad inside is their shrine and sanctuary protecting them from real life and their unfortunate fate resulting in broken relationships and failed marriages. Silent Passion is about humanity, enthusiasm, devotion and the ability to experience passion in a silent, yet emotional and expressive way.
The Czech Land, Your Home!
Is your life fun, boring, tragic or a roller coaster? Are you happy, sad or put off by things around you? Shoot a day in your life and participate in The Czech Land, Your Home!. Filmmaker Adolf Zika encouraged ordinary Czechs to take part in this film project that took place May 11, 2012, but also sent out crews to various parts of the country. Improvised and lively footage shot by non-professionals will be combined with clear creative intent in this unique film about an ordinary day in the Czech Republic.
A TV documentary with an artistic angle and emotional story about two railroad workers, brothers, who were willing to sacrifice family life for their childhood dream, which eventually became their only silent passion. For many of us, it is just a memory bridge into childhood; for them the level of intensity and self devotion for a ‘hobby’ is much higher than common sense would suggest. Their side-tracked train wagon with a model railroad inside is their shrine and sanctuary protecting them from real life and their unfortunate fate resulting in broken relationships and failed marriages. Silent Passion is about humanity, enthusiasm, devotion and the ability to experience passion in a silent, yet emotional and expressive way.
The Czech Land, Your Home!
Is your life fun, boring, tragic or a roller coaster? Are you happy, sad or put off by things around you? Shoot a day in your life and participate in The Czech Land, Your Home!. Filmmaker Adolf Zika encouraged ordinary Czechs to take part in this film project that took place May 11, 2012, but also sent out crews to various parts of the country. Improvised and lively footage shot by non-professionals will be combined with clear creative intent in this unique film about an ordinary day in the Czech Republic.
Adolf Zika was born in 1972 in the town of Prachatice. In 1994, he began with photography and a year later won first place in the most contended category of the Czech Press Photo. In the fall of the year 2000, he was selected among six photographers of the world to represent the renowned brand Leica at Photokina in Cologne and was given the same honor by the Olympus brand four years later. Adolf Zika’s photographs were already sold at the Paris Photo in Louvre and many other countries throughout the world. You may find Adolf Zika’s photographs not only in many calendars that he authored, but also in a retrospective book of black-and-white photographs Luxurious Luminescence.In 2006 Adolf Zika made a documentary film about Jan Saudek, a world-renowned photographer, with a subtitle "Trapped by his passions, No hope for rescue", which won the Glass Eye Award for the Best Documentary Film at EuroFest in Montreal. In 2008 he filmed a documentary about the most famous automobile race in the world The 24 Hours of Le Mans entitled Le Mans Phenomenon. In 2009 One Year of My Life in 3285 Pictures in Co-Operation with Leica was published, a book in which he documented one year of his life in nine photographs a day. Based on the main idea of this book, in the same year he founded the web project Week of Life, a unique documentary project, which aims to create the largest photo library of humanity.
JAN SAUDEK ”TRAPPED BY HIS PASSIONS, NO HOPE FOR RESCUE” LE MANS PHENOMENON
ZIPO FILM production, s.r.o.
Dienzenhoferovy sady 1102/1
150 00 Praha 5
Dienzenhoferovy sady 1102/1
150 00 Praha 5
Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films - 2012