Čeněk Zahradníček (11 April 1900 – 12 November 1989) was a
Czech experimental film director, cinematographer and editor.
Life and work
He was one of the founders of the Prague Pathé Club. He started as an amateur filmmaker shooting on 9.5mm film camera. In the 1920s and 1930s he made his short independent movies influenced by avantgarde filmmakers. His film ''A Soldier's Story'' (1934) won the UNICA main prize for the best amateur film.
His film ''May'' was intended as a backdrop for an
E. F. Burian
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's theatre performance based on
poem of the same name by
Karel Hynek Mácha
Karel Hynek Mácha () (16 November 1810 – 5 November 1836) was a Czech romantic poet.
Biography
Mácha grew up in Prague, the son of a foreman at a mill. He learned Latin and German in school. He went on to study law at Prague University; du ...
.
In 1937 he became a professional cinematographer shooting newsreels. In 1942 while working under German occupation he had to shoot a newsreel about the
Lidice massacre.
In 1944 he was a cinematographer for a German propaganda film ''
Theresienstadt''. Because of this he had to leave his cinematographer job in 1948 and worked in an archive until his retirement.
Filmography
* ''Caliber 32W'' (1926) - Inspired by the work of Jack London
* ''A Soldier's Story'' (1934) - Co-directed with Vladimír Šmejkal
* ''The Atom of Eternity'' (1934) - Co-directed with Vladimír Šmejkal
* ''Hands on Tuesday'' (1935) - Co-directed with Vladimír Šmejkal
* ''May'' (1936) - Co-directed with E. F. Burian
* ''Spring Awakening'' (1936) - Co-directed with E. F. Burian
References
External links
Czech Film Avant-Garde: Episode 5 (Amateur Filmmaking)The Atom of Eternity (1934)May (1936)
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1900 births
1989 deaths
Czech film directors
Czechoslovak film directors
Czech experimental filmmakers
Czech cinematographers