Before becoming a director, Otakar Vávra was best known for his adaptations of classic literary works. He was born in Hradec Kralove in what was then Austria-Hungary and before becoming a filmmaker attended Brno and Prague universities where he studied architecture. He worked briefly as a publicist and then a film critic before making a few avant-garde short films in...
Before becoming a director, Otakar Vávra was best known for his adaptations of classic literary works. He was born in Hradec Kralove in what was then Austria-Hungary and before becoming a filmmaker attended Brno and Prague universities where he studied architecture. He worked briefly as a publicist and then a film critic before making a few avant-garde short films in...
