29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

Tomáš Hodan / Czech Republic / 2015 / 98 min.


synopsis

Adventurer of the silver screen Karel Zeman is one of the world’s most successful filmmakers. At the Zlín film studio, he came up with cinematic techniques and special effects that he used to create groundbreaking works of film. Long before the era of digital effects, he took audiences on a trip into prehistory, to the moon, and under the ocean surface. This documentary takes a look at his trip through life. We see his special effects workshop and interview filmmakers from Japan to America, including Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton. We learn why his films are still alive today. With students of animation, we reconstruct three famous scenes from his films. How will they manage, without the help of computers and digital technology?

more about film

director: Tomáš Hodan
producer: Kamila Zlatušková, Ondřej Beránek, Ludmila Zemanová, Linda Spálený
script: Ondřej Beránek, Tomáš Hodan, Ludmila Zemanová
photography: David Cysař
editing: Blanka Kulová
sound: Robert Slezák

contact

Česká televize / Kamila Zlatušková / Běhounská 18 / 658 88 / Brno /Česká republika / kamila.zlatuskova@ceskatelevize.cz / www.ceskatelevize.cz

Film at festival

festival edition:2015
section:Czech Television Documentaries
language:Czech
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Tomáš Hodan
original title:Filmový dobrodruh Karel Zeman
country:Czech Republic
year:2015
running time:98 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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