Flights and Falls (2000)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 48M

Director : Věra Chytilová
Writer : Věra Chytilová

Synopsis

Chytilová’s highly impressive but little-known documentary provides a fascinating and atmospheric journey into a hidden culture, one in which she herself participated. Chytilová investigates the lives of three Czech photographers (Václav Chochola, Karel Ludwig, Zdeněk Tmej) from the 30s to the present, and also embraces the submerged world of 50s culture and the work of novelist Bohumil Hrabal and artist Vladimír Boudník.

Actors

Crews

Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová
Director
Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová
Screenplay
Jan Gogola Jr.
Jan Gogola Jr.
Dramaturgy
Štěpán Kučera
Štěpán Kučera
Director of Photography
Šárka Němcová
Šárka Němcová
Editor
Petr Provazník
Petr Provazník
Sound
Daniel Němec
Daniel Němec
Sound Mixer
Kateřina Černá
Kateřina Černá
Producer
Josef Spitzer
Josef Spitzer
Music

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