Writing

Karel Valtera

Born October 5, 1937

Died July 25, 2010 · aged 72

No biography available.

Known For

Scent of QuincesScent of Quinces · 1982
Scent of Quinces
★ 5.01982
MovieRomanceDrama
Set in Sarajevo during the 1941 Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, a local businessman rapidly amasses wealth by collaborating and maintaining close friendships with the Nazis. However, his financial success is complicated when he becomes deeply infatuated with a Jewish girl.
Run, Waiter, Run!Run, Waiter, Run! · 1981
Run, Waiter, Run!
★ 7.11981
MovieComedy
A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collecting cash from unsuspecting diners.
Kam nikdo nesmíKam nikdo nesmí · 1979
Kam nikdo nesmí
★ 4.71979
MovieDramaCrime
Lucie Rýdlová is found dead at a destroyed car after a night accident. The seat position shows that she cannot have been driving, and the dissection proves that she had died about four hours after the accident. It is for sure that a timely medical assistance could have saved her life. A pretty young tennis player Lucie lived at her grandmother, because her parents had been working abroad. Criminalists found out that the girl was going out with the interpreter Valenta (Eduard Cupák), who was twenty years older than her, divorced and a bit egoistic man.
Požáry a spáleništěPožáry a spáleniště · 1981
Požáry a spáleniště
★ 9.01981
MovieDrama
Antonín Kachlík wanted to make committed films about the moral dilemmas of the working class, but in the era of normalisation, he could only proclaim how faltering individuals would eventually come to the desired thinking. This is also true of the adaptation of Jiří Švejda's book about the wavering career of a young brickmaking technologist - the simplistic drawing of characters and plots, the posterishly lifeless language and the textbook discussion of social ills are all objectionable; the ideal becomes the code of the socialist builder.
Tam kde hnízdí čápiTam kde hnízdí čápi · 1976
Tam kde hnízdí čápi
★ 5.51976
MovieDrama
Despite the initial mistrust of others, former glass worker Štěoán Urban becomes the founder and first chairman of the local agricultural cooperative. However, 1968 arrives and with it comes previously unexpected problems.
Dark SunDark Sun · 1980
Dark Sun
★ 5.31980
MovieScience FictionDrama
A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit. Engineer Prokop creates the devastating explosive “Krakatit” and soon confronts manipulative agents and imperialist conspiracies. Realizing his invention’s threat, he fights to prevent its misuse, risking everything to stop those who seek to exploit his epochal discovery.
Panelstory or Birth of a CommunityPanelstory or Birth of a Community · 1981
Panelstory or Birth of a Community
★ 7.11981
MovieComedyDrama
An old man is wandering round a badly signposted and as yet mostly under construction Prague housing estate looking for the high rise block into which he is supposed to be moving with his daughter's family. The old granddad from the countryside likes chatting, nothing escapes his eyes and he wants to give everyone a helping hand.
Chased and SuspectedChased and Suspected · 1979
Chased and Suspected
★ 10.01979
MovieDramaCrime
Late at night Eva Trojanová returns home to an agitated husband; three days later, her body is found with bruises on her neck. Her spouse, missing after a business trip, becomes the prime suspect and flees to northern Bohemia. When investigators learn he is innocent, Captain Hart continues pursuing him, not as a criminal but as a desperate man whose plight may endanger himself or draw him into conflict with the law.

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