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Vladimír Novotný

Born October 17, 1914 · Tabor, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Died April 14, 1997 · aged 82

No biography available.

Known For

The Shop on Main StreetThe Shop on Main Street · 1965
The Shop on Main Street
★ 7.11965
MovieDramaWar
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.
Visitors from the GalaxyVisitors from the Galaxy · 1981
Visitors from the Galaxy
★ 4.71981
MovieScience FictionComedy
Robert is a SF writer, who realizes that he can make his thoughts material. Because of that, a group of aliens arrives to Earth. Their leader is Andra, who shows affection for Robert, which does not please his girlfriend, Biba. A monster, Mumu, has arrived together with the visitors from space.
Salt & GoldSalt & Gold · 1983
Salt & Gold
★ 6.01983
MovieFantasyFamily
A fairy-tale about the power of love. The old king Pravoslav feels it is time to entrust the rule over his kingdom to one of his three daughters - the one that loves him the most. The youngest, Maruška, fails her father's expectations about proving how deep her love him is. He misunderstands her and she is made to leave the castle. She faces many dangers on the way to her loved one, the Salt Prince.
Six Bears and a ClownSix Bears and a Clown · 1972
Six Bears and a Clown
★ 7.01972
MovieFamilyComedy
The owner of a circus decides to swap his trained bears for trained pigs, and fires clown Cibulka. The clown gets a job at a local school, bears escape and seek him out and a school inspector comes into town.
Lemonade JoeLemonade Joe · 1964
Lemonade Joe
★ 7.11964
MovieComedyWestern
A satire of the Great American Way, with Lemonade Joe a "clean living" gunfighter who drinks only Kola-Loca Lemonade and convinces everyone else in town (with his gun skills) that all "real men" drink ONLY lemonade!
The Emperor and the GolemThe Emperor and the Golem · 1951
The Emperor and the Golem
★ 7.01951
MovieComedyFantasy
The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order. However, the conspirators, not to be outdone, determine to bring the Golem back to life to do their bidding.
The Three VeteransThe Three Veterans · 1984
The Three Veterans
★ 7.81984
MovieFamilyFantasy
It is a story of three veterans released from the army. During one night spent camping in the country they one by one wake up and meet three elvish brothers. Each of the veterans is given a magic item - one gets magic harp that provides him with servants by wish, other one endless pouch of gold and the last one owns magic hat that can create all the staff excluding money and people.
The Girl on the BroomstickThe Girl on the Broomstick · 1972
The Girl on the Broomstick
★ 7.01972
MovieComedyFamily
A teenage witch escapes to the world of humans rather than endure a 300-year detention, and causes chaos in a small Czechoslovakian city.

Filmography

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Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... · 1955
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
★ 8.01955
MovieFamilyComedy
A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.

Special Effects

Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary CinematographJaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph · 1956
Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph
★ 5.91956
MovieComedy
Jaroslav Hašek screens four film stories in the fairground shed around 1900. After period advertising slides and a "newspaper", we see "the first part of a sensational, exemplary, parfuss, salon program - a film from the life of school-age children, shot under very difficult circumstances". The plot of this film takes place partly in a school classroom and partly in a gymnasium toilet, where the primate Chocholka took refuge from a Latin composition. "Exemplary Family Happiness" is the second film that takes the viewer into the family of the municipal official Honzátek, in which many stormy scenes occurred when the hamster, provided by Honzátek Jr., moved into the sofa - a wedding gift from Sister Ema. Equally surprising are two other stories, one of which tells about the "father of the poor", the owner of a company with unrecoverable cash flow and a famous patron, and the other about the fateful consequences of a joint trip between the old bachelor Mr. Hanzlíček and his neighbors.

Director of Photography