To All the Agricultural People...
Karol Plicka / Czechoslovakia / 1931 / 1 min.
synopsis
This short ethnographic film is the first part of the series Through the Agricultural World intended to promote village life and the work of the peasants to the townspeople. Plicka chooses stylistically significant and aesthetically impressive shots of sowing grain, Easter celebrations, and children playing in the meadow.Slovak Institute is the partner of the section Translucent Being: Karol Plicka.
biography
Karol Plicka (1894–1987) was a famous Slovak-Czech photographer, folklorist, filmmaker and collector of moments, ethnographer, cameraman, director, music scientist and pedagogue, violin virtuoso and professor, co-founder of the Prague FAMU film school (1946), admirer of nature and traditional folk work, and admirer of architecture and folk crafts. Plicka’s films have been awarded at festivals in Italy (Florence, Venice) and his photography books and songbooks are still collectible today. Karol Plicka was a personality who still inspires and motivates enthusiasm for the culture of our ancestors.
more about film
director: | Karol Plicka |
Film at festival
festival edition: | 2021 |
section: | Translucent Being: Karol Plicka |
Info
director: | Karol Plicka |
original title: | Všemu zemedelskému lidu... |
country: | Czechoslovakia |
year: | 1931 |
running time: | 1 min. |