Jaroslav Kučera – A Portrait

Czech Republic | 2019 | 62 min. | director: Jakub Felcman, Tomáš Michálek | DoP: Peter Zeitlinger, Jaroslav Kučera | screenplay: Jakub Felcman | cast: Štěpán Kučera, Tereza Kučerová, Jan Schmid, Jaroslav Brabec, Marek Jícha, Michal Bregant

The films Daisies, All My Compatriots, Dinner for Adele or The Cassandra Cat have one person in common, the cinematographer Jakub Kučera, who was one of the key figures of the Czech New Wave. Authors of a one-hour portrait Jakub Felcman and Tomáš Michálek worked together with Kučera’s associates, family and professionals to make a documentary mapping Kučera’s work and his undisputable contribution to both domestic and foreign cinematography.