Bernard Šafařík

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Bernard Šafařík , also Bernard Safarik , (born May 24, 1948 in Kutna Hora , Czechoslovakia ) is a Swiss-Czech director and publicist.

Life

Šafařík was initially prevented from attending a grammar school by the regime. In 1963 he was able to start an apprenticeship in a Prague brewery, in 1965/66 he attended a school for food technology, in 1966/67 he switched to high school, where he graduated from high school in 1967. The first literary works and short stories were broadcast on the Czechoslovak Radio. In 1968 he emigrated to Switzerland , first to Geneva, then to Basel.

From 1968 to 1976 Šafařík studied literature, history and political philosophy at the University of Basel . In 1969/70 he was vice-president of the student body, he also worked as an English teacher at a private high school in Basel, as a journalist (national newspaper, Basler Nachrichten, Basler Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Die Zeit, Stuttgarter Zeitung) and as an author of literary radio programs ( Studio Basel, Studio Bern, Hessischer Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk), as a lecturer at the adult education center of the University of Basel, and as a director of poetry evenings with Basel theater actors. In 1982 he was naturalized in Basel. He has lived in Switzerland and the Czech Republic since 1990 .

Movies

In 1974 he produced his first filmic works, scenes from Dostoyevsky's Idiot for Swiss television and interviews with exiled Russian writers. From 1976 to 1983, Šafařík worked as a freelancer (director, author) for the television companies ARD , ZDF , Swiss television and created short and long documentaries, political reports and cultural contributions. Between 1978 and 1983 he also made 80 experimental short films from the field of fine arts, produced by Hessischer Fernsehen, Frankfurt. They were summarized in their own series (60 min. Per broadcast), initially called 7 × Art , later on studio visits . The individual films were 7 to 15 minutes in length.

Filmography (selection)

Short documentaries 1974–1984

Longer documentaries 1977–1981

Feature films

  • 1982: Short film Goethe's diary, ARD ( 150th anniversary of the death of JW v. Goethe )
  • 1983: dog racing (90 min.)

Awarded at festivals in Mannheim , Saarbrücken and Amiens, invited to Toronto, Los Angeles, Montreal, Cairo, San Sebastian, Strasbourg, Solothurn, Locarno, Chamrousse, Vevey etc. In cinemas in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Canada. TV broadcasts: DRS, 3sat, ORF, ČT. Quality premium from the federal government, Bern 1983.

Awarded at festivals in Saarbrücken, San Remo, Brussels. Invited further to Montreal, London, Cairo, Strasbourg, Warsaw, Solothurn, Locarno, Nuremberg, Thai-Peih, Lyon, Copenhagen, etc. Cinemas: Switzerland, Germany, Austria. In Germany, film of the month February 1987. TV broadcasts: DRS , ARD , Arte , 3sat , ČT , ORB , BR , NDR , SR , WDR etc. With Pro Helvetia in Latin America, France, Canada. Student premium from the federal government, Bern 1986.

  • 1989: The Golden Maiden (90 min). Invited to the Karlovy Vary Film Festival .

1993: Documentary series (20 min. Each)

  • Atelier visits requested (7 × art years later). Produced by Hessischer Fernsehen, Frankfurt.

1993–1996 short documentaries (15 min. Each) for Czech television

  • Count Kolowrat; The theologian Jan Milič Lochman; The exiles; The aristocrats; The Liechtensteiners; Our graves - your graves.

Since 1997 long documentaries for Czech TV, Prague (60 min. Each)

  • 1998: Landák ( portrait of the actor Pavel Landovský )
  • 1999: Cenzurované sny - Cesta ke štěstí (Censored Dreams - The Way to Happiness). The life story of a 15-year-old girl who was imprisoned for political reasons in the 1950s
  • 1999: Cenzurované sny - Republiku si rozvracet nedáme! (Censored dreams - we won't give up the republic!). Fate of "class enemies"
  • 1999: Cenzurované sny - film patří lidu (Censored Dreams - The film belongs to the people). Well-known Czech actors and directors look back on their work during the communist era .
  • 2000: Milionáři v náhradním ráji (Millionaires in the Replacement Paradise). The fate of the American couple Stern, who found refuge in Czechoslovakia for espionage for the Soviet Union
  • 2000: Nezvaní hosté (Uninvited Guests). Scientists from the west who spied for the east hid in Czechoslovakia
  • 2000: Český fenomén: Homo chatař (Czech phenomenon: Homo weekend cottage builder). A film essay on the tradition of pastime and its influence on social life
  • 2001: Večer na téma… Umění (žít) v exilu (theme evening .... the art of living in exile). The television evening consisted of the film dog races and 2 additional documents
  • 2001: Český fenomén: Homo chalupář (Czech phenomenon: Homo weekend house builder). A film essay about people who dream of a country idyll that never really existed
  • 2002: Český Honza před branami Evropy (Hans in luck at the gates of Europe). An ironic fantasy about the entry of the Czech Republic into the EU
  • 2004: Zakletý zámek (The Enchanted Castle). A castle in Bohemia, expropriated by the communists in 1948, shows the rise and fall of a family
  • 2005: Tak, maminko, budou čtyři! (You get quadruplets!). A document about the first quadruplets from the 1950s in Czechoslovakia compared to quadruplets in 2005
  • 2006 Český fenomén: Taneční (Czech phenomenon: The dance lessons). An original Czech tradition
  • 2008: My a Matterhorn, Matterhorn a my (We and the Matterhorn, Matterhorn and we). How little Switzerland became a major haven for Czechoslovak refugees in 1968 and 1969.
  • 2010: Odepsaní ze života (Copied from Life). The tragic end of the writers Karel Michal and Jiří Pištora .
  • 2014: Breaks, break-ins, demolitions - Bertha Safarik. An artist portrait
  • 2015: Zakletý zámek (The Enchanted Castle). From 2004 to 2014, the castle theme continued to be shot and the material was integrated into the 2004 film
  • 2015: Art Basel - Olympics of Art and Commerce
  • 2016: National Gallery film project in Prague
  • 2017: National Gallery in Prague

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personal data
SURNAME Šafařík, Bernard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Safarik, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-Czech director and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Kutna Hora