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Release Date:
April 15, 2010
Original Title:
Oko nad Prahou
Alternate Titles:
Eye Above Prague
Eye Over Prague
Oko nad Prahou
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Simply Cinema
Česká televize
Production Countries:
Czech Republic
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
A personal and political biography of the Octopus, or the Prague National Library project, but also a biography of the last years of the life of the author of this design, Jan Kaplický, who wrote in his diary in 1998: to win the competition and have one love. With this entry, read by Eliška Kaplicky at the beginning of the film, it is as if the world-class Czech architect wrote not only the "script" for the final decade of his life, but also for a film that follows the dramatic social story of creative imagination and the intimate relationship between a man and a woman.
Director:
Olga Špátová
Director of Photography:
Olga Špátová
Editor:
Jakub Voves
Producer:
Eliška Kaplický Fuchsová
Screenplay:
Eliška Kaplický Fuchsová
Olga Špátová
Screenstory:
Eliška Kaplický Fuchsová
Sound Editor:
Tomáš Kubec
Sound mixer:
Štěpán Mamula
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