Directing

Radúz Činčera

Born — Died

1923-06-17 — 1999-01-28

Place of birth

Brno, Czechoslovakia

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Radúz Činčera was a Czech screenwriter and director, best known as the creator of Kinoautomat, the world's first interactive movie. Debuting at the Czechoslovak Pavilion during Expo 67 in Montreal, Kinoautomat allowed audiences to vote on the direction of the film's narrative, pioneering interactive cinema. Beyond this groundbreaking work, Činčera contributed to various documentary and short films, showcasing his versatility and innovation in filmmaking. His work has been recognized for its creativity and influence on interactive media, leaving a lasting legacy in the field of cinema.

Known for

Behind the camera

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What was not in the dream

1958

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Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal. At nine points during the film the action stops, and a moderator appears on stage to ask the audience to choose between two scenes; following an audience vote, the chosen scene is played.

Kinoautomat

1971

Kinoautomat poster
7.3

Kinoautomat was the world's first interactive movie, conceived by Radúz Činčera for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal. At nine points during the film the action stops, and a moderator appears on stage to ask the audience to choose between two scenes; following an audience vote, the chosen scene is played.

Kinoautomat

1971

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A festively set table with a cake indicates that an important guest is expected. Hostilet joyfully welcomes Sammy the chimpanzee, who has a holiday today. The birthday boy receives a watch, lunch and cake...

Jak Sammy o kalhoty přišel

1966

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A festively set table with a cake indicates that an important guest is expected. Hostilet joyfully welcomes Sammy the chimpanzee, who has a holiday today. The birthday boy receives a watch, lunch and cake...

Jak Sammy o kalhoty přišel

1966

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Okamih rozhoduje

1953

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Fortel

1975

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Fortel

1975

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A dryly humourous quasi-philosophical account of the nature and psyche of Scotland and its natives, from the perspective of two visiting Czechs.

Looking Over The Fence: Impressions of Scotland by Raduz Cincera & Jan Spata

1965

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Okamžik, spojím!

1961

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The work of actors on a stage makes a dreamlike parallelism between artistic immagination and the concreteness of everyday life. Tribute to Prague's Divadlo na zàbradlì, theater that has been a point of reference for Theater of the Absurd in Czechoslovakia in Sixties

Mlha

1966

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Kapky a bubliny

1958

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Dagmar Veškrnová (now Havlová), Pavel Bobek, Jana Švandová, and Eliška Balcerová, with the help of pediatrician Hana Reinšteinová, share their parenting experiences with preparing formula and feeding children under one year of age. Činčera’s civil documentary does not take a patronizing or condescending tone toward viewers, but treats them as equal partners, with whom he shares his own insights in a friendly manner.

Talks About Infants II. Substitutes for Natural Nutrition

1980

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Pozor volá Liška...

1962