Karel Vachek

Karel Vachek

ActorCrewDirectorWriterArt Aug 4 (died age 80) Tišnov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic] 1960–2023 (63 year career)
5.0 avg rating

Biography

A controversial filmmaker - a documentary filmmaker of a philosophical nature, whose films have either supporters or opponents. From 1958 to 1963, he studied at the Prague FAMU. Already during his studies, he became famous for his filmmaking complexity, high erudition and philosophical-sociological depth of his films, which also led to distaste among some teachers (the school film Kamil Lhoták). He graduated from school with the film Moravian Hellas. It was a polemical reportage from the folk fe…

Known For

Filmography

Crew (36)

Movies (36)

Points for the President aka Attempt at Contrarevolution

Points for the President aka Attempt at Contrarevolution

2021

Dramaturgy

Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy

Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy

2019

Director

Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy

Communism and the Net, or the End of Representative Democracy

2019

Screenplay

Všichni mají pravdu? Karel Floss a ti druzí

Všichni mají pravdu? Karel Floss a ti druzí

2016

Dramaturgy

Experience of an Exorcist

Experience of an Exorcist

2011

Dramaturgy

Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley

Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley

2011

Director

Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley

Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley

2011

Story

Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley

Obscurantist and His Lineage or The Pyramids' Tearful Valley

2011

Writer

Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)

Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)

2006

Director

Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)

Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)

2006

Screenplay

Who Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

Who Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

2003

Director

Who Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

Who Will Watch the Watchman? Dalibor, or the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin

2003

Screenplay

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

2000

Director

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)

2000

Screenplay

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

1996

Director

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

1996

Screenplay

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

1996

Story

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

What Is to Be Done? A Journey from Prague to Ceský Krumlov, or How I Formed a New Government

1996

Title Designer

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

1992

Director

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

1992

Screenplay

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

1992

Story

New flat

New flat

1977

Screenplay

New flat

New flat

1977

Story

Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities

1968

Director

4.2
Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities

1968

Screenplay

4.2
Elective Affinities

Elective Affinities

1968

Story

4.2
Floods

Floods

1966

Director

Floods

Floods

1966

Screenplay

Floods

Floods

1966

Story

Moravian Hellas

Moravian Hellas

1964

Director

5.5
Moravian Hellas

Moravian Hellas

1964

Screenplay

5.5
Moravian Hellas

Moravian Hellas

1964

Story

5.5
Suffering

Suffering

1962

Assistant Director

6.0
Malíř Kamil Lhoták

Malíř Kamil Lhoták

1960

Director

Malíř Kamil Lhoták

Malíř Kamil Lhoták

1960

Screenplay

Malíř Kamil Lhoták

Malíř Kamil Lhoták

1960

Story