Kdo bude hlídat hlídace? Dalibor aneb Klick Chaloupce strycka Toma

Karel Vachek

Karel Vachek, screenwriter and director, was born in Tisnov in 1940. He graduated from FAMU in 1963 with the film Moravská Hellas, which was immediately banned by President Novotny.' himself. During his military service, he worked for the studios of the Czechoslovakian Army and later began working for Krátky' film, making Sprizneni volbou in 1968; the film was banned and was only released again in 1990. From 1964 to 1974 he wrote screenplays that were never turned into films. From 1974 to 1979 he repaired high-pressure boilers. In 1979 he emigrated illegally, and lived in France and the United States. He was sentenced in absentia to a prison term in Czechoslovakia, but was pardoned in 1984 and began working first as a chauffeur and then as a consultant for a publishing house. He began working at Krátky' film again in 1990, as a director and screenwriter.

FILMOGRAFIA

Nebe a silnice (Sky and the Road, cm, 1960),Kamil Lhoták (id., cm, 1960), Pred potopou (Before the downpour, cm, 1961), Pan Peli?ek (Mr. Peli?ek, cm, 1962), Moravská Hellas (Moravian Hellas, mm, 1963), Stoletá voda (A Hundred Year's Flood, doc., 1965), Sp?ízn?ni volbou (Elective Affinities, doc., 1968), Nov? byt (A New Apartment, doc., 1975), Základni fyzikální jednotky (Elementary phisical particles, 1986), Nov? Hyperion aneb Volnost, rovnost, bratrství (A New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, 1992), Co d?lat? Cesta z Prahy do ?eského Krumlova aneb Jak jsem sestavoval novou vládu (What is to be done? A Journey from Prague to Czech Krumlov or How I Put Together a New Government, 1996), Bohemia docta aneb Labyrint svéta a lusthauz srdce, Bo?ská komedie (Bohemia Docta or Labyrinth of the World and Heart's Paradise, A Divine Comedy, 2000), Kdo bude hlídat hlídace? Dalíbor aneb Kli? k Chaloupce str??ka Toma (Who Will Guard the Guard? Dalibor or the Key to Uncle Tom's Cottage, 2002).