Vratislav Effenberger or Black Shark Hunting
(festival title)- Vratislav Effenberger or the Hunt for Black Shark (festival title) (more)
Directed by:
David JařabCinematography:
Jakub HalousekComposer:
Jakub KudláčCast:
Jakub Effenberger, Jan Švankmajer, František Dryje, Vasil Fridrich, Zdeněk Velen, Martin Pechlát, Hynek Chmelař, Marek Daniel, Jiří Černý, Jiří Maryško (more)Plots(1)
In the spirit of this master of poetics, David Jařab approaches his portrait of leading Czech postwar surrealist Vratislav Effenberger as a game. He invited members of the local surrealist group to talk about Effenberger in places where he stages absurd encounters and interrelationships. The main theme is Effenberger’s unrealized (unrealizable) screenplays, which the filmmakers attempt to enact during the film. This surrealistic hunt for Effenberger’s imagination is capped by an interview with his son full of ambivalent personal memories. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Jan Švankmajer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lunacy (2005)
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010)
Vasil Fridrich
Czechoslovakia
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Nineties (2022) (series)
Methanol (2018) (TV movie)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Zdeněk Velen
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Chef Speciality (1999) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Anděl Páně 2 (2016)
Martin Pechlát
Czechoslovakia
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Odpad, město, smrt (2013) (theatrical recording)
Proces (2013) (theatrical recording)
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Hynek Chmelař
Czechoslovakia
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Nineties (2022) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Proces (2013) (theatrical recording)
Marek Daniel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kolya (1996)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Srdce temnoty (2013) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Černý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Odpad, město, smrt (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Jiří Maryško
Czechoslovakia
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Volga (2023) (series)
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Marie Ludvíková
Czechoslovakia
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The Defender (2021) (series)
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Tomáš Jeřábek
Czechoslovakia
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Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Dechovka (2016) (theatrical recording)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
Natálie Řehořová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
Volga (2023) (series)
Oktopus (2023) (series)
Halka Jeřábek Třešňáková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dechovka (2016) (theatrical recording)
In the Shadow (2012)
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