Lucie Králová’s Documentary-Opera ‘Kapr Code’ to Screen at Jihlava Film Festival
variety.comAlice Krajčírová Czech/Slovak documentary-opera “Kapr Code” will receive its Czech premiere at the 26th Jihlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival, which runs Oct.
25-30, Film New Europe reports.Lucie Králová’s film focuses on the contradictory life of Czech progressive composer and prominent communist Jan Kapr (1914-88).
Lightdox is handling world sales.The director found out about Kapr by chance. “A friend of mine told me about Kapr’s old apartment in Prague where his legacy was being stored.
She asked me to digitalize his films, and step by step, I got to know him. His films are really fascinating because they look like small fiction sketches,” Králová explained in a statement.The subtitle of the film is “Life as a Composition,” because Kapr composed not only his music, but also his life.
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