Ludvík Ráža

Ludvík Ráža (born October 3, 1929 in Mukačevo , then Czechoslovakia ; † October 4, 2000 in Prague , Czech Republic ) was a Czech film director and screenwriter .

biography

After the Second World War , Ludvík Ráža graduated from high school in Prague and worked as a tutor in Cheb for a few years . From 1953 he studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and was employed by Czechoslovak television from 1958 to 1991. He made his debut as a film director in 1963 with the family television film Podivný pan Barnabášek, which he wrote . From 1964 he was the head of the youth film program division. That is why he became known in the German-speaking countries primarily for his youth films and fairy tale adaptations such as The Travel Comrade and Snow White and the Secret of the Dwarfs .

On October 4, 2000, one day after his 71st birthday, Ráža died of complications from his cancer . He was married once in his life. His daughter later also worked in film as a costume designer.

Filmography (selection)

• 1963: Podivný pan Barnabášek
• 1976: Odysseus and the Stars (Odysseus a hvězdy)
• 1979: The Secret of the Steel City (Tajemství ocelového města)
• 1979: A vampire in the skyscraper (Upír ve věžáku)
• 1981: The Riddle of the Empty Urn (Něco je ve vzduchu)
• 1982: The Last Goes to Hell (Poslední propadne peklu)
• 1984: The Strange Girl (Cizí holka)
• 1984: A House with a Thousand Faces (My všichni školou povinní) (TV series)
• 1985: Monika and the foal with the star (Monika a hříbě s hvězdičkou)
• 1988: The third father ( Třetí táta)
• 1990–1991: The Secret of the White Deer (Území bílých králů) (TV series, seven episodes)
• 1990: The travel companion (Vandronik)
• 1992: Snow White and the Secret of the Dwarfs (Sněhurka a sedm trpaslíků)
• 1993: The Seven Ravens (Sedmero krkavců)

Web links

• Ludvík Ráža in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature and other media by and about Ludvík Ráža in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Ludvík Ráža , csfd.cz