Jan Špáta Filmes

The transformation of a traditional Caucasian village in the mountains of Dagestan.

In 1965, during eminent trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s visit to Prague, Jan Spata then a young promising documentary filmmaker, created the...

In 1990, filmmaker Jan Špáta headed to the North Moravian border region to join photographer Jindřich Štreit. His social...

A dryly humourous quasi-philosophical account of the nature and psyche of Scotland and its natives, from the perspective of two visiting Czechs.

In creating the film, Evald Schorm and Jan Špáta took full advantage of the possibilities offered by the Cinemascope format and created...

In 8 miniatures, the search for happiness is approached from a different angle. Can you have a guinea pig as a husband? Can horses survive on Venus?...

Two different productions of Václav Havel's Beggar's Opera reveal the political dynamics of Czechoslovakia before and after the velvet...

Where there are temptations, there must also be control. Jan Špáta and inspectors from the consumer council of communist...

Random people in the street as well as well-known personalities answer the question by Olga Sommerova.

In 1964, Jan Spáta created his documentary called Nejvetsí prání (1964), an enquette about the desires of the young...

Documentary short about the title composer, born in what was called "Czechoslovakia" when the film was made.

Meat evokes happiness hormones, but behind the gentle words “pork belly” or “neck” lies a meat factory where meat is divided,...