29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Wenceslas Square
Wenceslas Square

Wenceslas Square

Václav Táborský / Czechoslovakia / 1961 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 12 min.


synopsis

Wenceslas Square is the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in a nutshell, explains Karel Höger in his annotated mosaic of local phenomena, which includes “meetings by the horse”, teeming crowds of tourists from Czechoslovakia and abroad, shopping frenzy, and patriotic affection for Czech beer and glass.

biography

Václav Táborský (born 1928), a Czech pioneer of cinéma vérité, made over eighty short films and almost fifty educational programmes. After August 1968, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked as an educator. His work is divided into satirical documentary features and feature films for children, including Escape in the Wind and Miraculous Puzzle.

more about film

director: Václav Táborský

contact

Juraj Machálek
Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive
Malešická 14, 130 00 Praha 3
juraj.machalek@nfa.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:The film already had its Czech Premiere
festival edition:2023
section:Ji.hlava Online, Czechoslovak Film Feuilleton
language:Czech
subtitles:No Subtitle
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Václav Táborský
original title:Václavské náměstí
country:Czechoslovakia
year:1961
running time:12 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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