Štěpán Kopecký (1901–1956) was a Czech
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
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[Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.214] He designed the sets for more than eighty films during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Inspector General'' (1933)
* ''
Annette in Paradise
''Annette in Paradise'' (german: Annette im Paradies) is a 1934 German-Czech musical film directed by Max Obal and starring Ursula Grabley, Hans Söhnker and Ida Wüst.Bock & Bergfelder p. 128 A separate Czech language version was also released. ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Polish Blood
''Polish Blood'' (German: ''Polenblut'') is a 1934 musical film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Hans Moser and Iván Petrovich.Bock & Bergfelder p.272 It is an operetta film, based on a work by the Polish-born writer Leo Stein. Th ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Volga in Flames
''Volga in Flames'' (French: ''Volga en flammes'') is a 1934 historical adventure film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Albert Prejean, Valéry Inkijinoff and Danielle Darrieux.Driskell p.209 It was made as a co-production between Fran ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Grand Hotel Nevada'' (1935)
* ''
Delightful Story
''Delightful Story'' (Czech:''Rozkosný príbeh'') is a 1936 Czech operetta film directed by Vladimír Slavínský and starring Věra Ferbasová, Zita Kabátová and Frantisek Kristof-Veselý.Opěla p.296
The film's sets were designed by the art d ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Three Men in the Snow'' (1936)
* ''
Cause for Divorce
''Cause for Divorce'' (german: Der Scheidungsgrund) is a 1937 Czech-German comedy drama film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Anny Ondra, Jack Trevor and Robert Dorsay
Robert Dorsay (16 August 1904 – 29 October 1943) was a German ac ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Sign of the Anchor '' (1947)
* ''
Border Street
''Border Street'' (Polish:''Ulica Graniczna'') is a 1948 Polish drama film directed by Aleksander Ford and starring Mieczysława Ćwiklińska, Jerzy Leszczyński, Jerzy Złotnicki and Władysław Godik. The film depicts the Nazis' purge of Warsa ...
'' (1948)
References
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim & Harris, Sue & Street, Sarah. ''Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema''. Amsterdam University Press, 2007.
External links
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1901 births
1956 deaths
Czech art directors
Mass media people from Prague
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