Jan Špáta Movies

Athletic Variations (Atletické variace, 28 min) is a sophisticated essay on winning and losing during the 1982 European Athletics...

In 1964, Jan Spáta created his documentary called Nejvetsí prání (1964), an enquette about the desires of the young...

Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.

A Czech documentary filmmaker's cinematic travelogue of Ireland.

A study of Czech mountain-climbers, taking place in Adrspach - Teplice Rocks and Prachov Rocks.

A leading director of the Czech film renaissance provides a philosophical meditation on life and death, set amidst complex hospital apparatus and the...

The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.

In creating the film, Evald Schorm and Jan Špáta took full advantage of the possibilities offered by the Cinemascope format and created...

A continuous, extreme show is held, every year, in Tesla Arena in Prague. The visitors can be impressed by shows of dangerous riding on motorcycles,...

Random people in the street as well as well-known personalities answer the question by Olga Sommerova.

A dryly humourous quasi-philosophical account of the nature and psyche of Scotland and its natives, from the perspective of two visiting Czechs.

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...

Meat evokes happiness hormones, but behind the gentle words “pork belly” or “neck” lies a meat factory where meat is divided,...

Where there are temptations, there must also be control. Jan Špáta and inspectors from the consumer council of communist...