LEITA

Director:
N/A
Country:
Czech Republic, Slovakia
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Language:
Czech
Length:
min
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Year:
2022
Edition
RIFF 2022

KAPR Code

91 Minutes | Czech Republic, Slovakia | 2022 | Best Doc Krakow FF

Synopsis

Traces of controversial composer Jan Kapr (1914-88) meet with memories of film in new opera songs featuring turbulent political, personal and creative transformation.

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Director’s Bio

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Lucie Králová
MgA. Lucie Králová, Ph.D. is an acclaimed Czech film director, scriptwriter and lecturer at FAMU Prague. Her docs, often on 16mm film, were screened at many international film festivals and received multiple awards, e.g. ILL-FATED CHILD (2003) and SOLD (2005) were both awarded as Best Czech Documentary at Jihlava IDFF; documentary detective story, LOST HOLIDAY (2007), distributed internationally on 35mm, received the Crystal Globe for Best Feature Doc at Karlovy Vary IFF and other prizes; Lucie also woks as a dramaturgist on significant documentaries, e.g. CAUGHT IN THE NET (2020) by Klusák/Chalupová (the most successful Czech doc in cinemas ever) or ALCHEMICAL FURNACE (2020) screened e.g. at IFF Rotterdam 2020.

Film Details

  • Year:
    2022
  • Genres:
  • Runtime:
    91 Minutes
  • Languages:
    Czech
  • Countries:
    Czech Republic, Slovakia
  • Premiere:
    Icelandic Premiere
  • Edition:
    RIFF 2022
  • Director:
    Lucie KRÁLOVÁ
  • Screenwriter:
  • Producer:
    Andrea SHAFFER, Vít JANEČEK, Zuzana PIUSSI
  • Cast: