Cinematography: Josef Vanis

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Josef Vanis. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Clouds of Glass (S)

1957 · Movie · 20 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Frantisek Vlácil

Cast Antonín Zíb

Plot After an opening comment about the poem upon which this story is based, this is a wordless film in color about a young boy who is obsessed with flying, whether...

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Angelic Eyes

1994 · Movie · 90 min. · Czech Republic

Direction Dusan Klein

Cast Josef Abrhám · Viktor Preiss · Pavel Zednícek · Pavel Kríz

Plot Charming, witty and smart men represent a fictitious insurance company who soon fall for an innocent-looking young woman smarter than she seems.

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One Silver Piece

1976 · Movie · 97 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jaroslav Balík

Cast Anatoli Kuznetsov · Emil Horváth · Július Vasek · Ferdinand Kruta

Plot It is summer 1944. The war is far away from Slovak mountains for the time being. The head of forest management Borodác brings a new employee to complete the eight...

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In Order, Dear Comrades

1989 · Movie · 109 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Vysoká zed

1964 · Movie · 71 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Karel Kachyna

Cast Radka Dulíková · Vít Olmer · Helena Kruzíková · Václav Lohniský

Plot After school, thirteen-year old Jitka likes to wander alone through Prague. The brisk girl also likes to sneak around the backyards surrounding the block of flats where she lives. One...

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Vertigo

1963 · Movie · 81 min. · Czechoslovakia

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How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions

1985 · Movie · 98 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Lucy the Menace of Street (TV Series)

1980 · Series · 30 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jindrich Polák

Cast Zaneta Fuchsová · Michal Hofbauer · Daniela Kolárová · Jaromír Hanzlík

Plot Lucie, the horror of the street is a six-part Czech-German television children's series.

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Pan Tau (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 30 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jindrich Polák

Cast Otto Simánek · Frantisek Filipovský · Jirina Bohdalová · Vladimir Mensik

Plot The children's series reintroduces on the screen Mister Tau the charmer, along with his double, Uncle Alfons. It is impossible to tell them apart, and the cases of their mistaken...

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Poplach v oblacích

1978 · Movie · 76 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Levé krídlo

1984 · Movie · 81 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Death of Hitch-Hikers

1979 · Movie · 87 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Jindrich Polák

Cast Marek Perepeczko · Zdenek Buchvaldek · Jana Janeková · Jaroslava Obermajerová

Plot A truck driver Charvát returned from prison six months ago. His colleagues know his past, but in front of his landlady and her 10-year-old son, Charvát comes across as a...

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The Pipes

1966 · Movie · 85 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Angels with Burnt Wings

1970 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Zbynek Brynych

Cast Susanne Uhlen · Jan Koester · Ellen Umlauf · Ingo Baerow

Plot Munich at night: Robert Susmeit, a 16-year-old teenager who is jealously obsessed with his mother Hilde, traces her and her latest lover at a mundane apartment building where he kills...

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The Hope

1964 · Movie · 92 min. · Czechoslovakia

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Dialóg 20-40-60

1968 · Movie · 78 min. · Czechoslovakia

Direction Zbynek Brynych · Jerzy Skolimowski · Peter Solan

Cast Joanna Szczerbic · Jean-Pierre Léaud · Jirí Vrstála · Jana Glazerová

Plot The movie is divided into three parts. Using the same length and dialogue, a conversation between a man and a woman, three directors (the Polish Jerzy Skolimowski, the Slovakian Peter...

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