Directing

Ota Koval

Born — Died

1931-04-11 — 1991-08-14

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Known for

Etudes for Piano Students poster
NR

Films for children gradually fell into the grip of expressive and content sterility, succumbing to exhortative, educational tendencies. This is also the case in the story of a 14-year-old girl who has been accepted to the conservatory, but a sudden accident, a broken arm, makes her rethink her priorities - she learns that it is possible to engage in other activities than the tedious practice of piano etudes.

Etudes for Piano Students

1987

Jacob poster
9.0

The 11-year old Jakub is living in a children's home, when he is picked up by his father. The father has been "away" for four years, the boys mother doesn't want the child. Jakub gradually finds out, that his father is hiding a secret from him. But they gradually manage to build a warm relationship and a promising new life in the city.

Jacob

1977

Blob to the Fairytale poster
6.3

Little Vendulka receives a birthday gift of a seemingly innocuous children's book. Little she knows that the book is actually a portal into the surreal world of nursery rhymes and Josef Lada's paintings.

Blob to the Fairytale

1981

Oof - They Are Here poster
5.7

Little boy considers to have discovered traces of the aliens but in fact comes across the activity of small thieves.

Oof - They Are Here

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Panenka s porcelánovou hlavičkou

1991

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas poster
7.3

The summer holidays are approaching and the children are bragging about all the exciting places they are going to visit during the long-awaited two months of summer. Only Tonda is not looking forward to staying in Prague over the holidays. He brightens up after his father announces that the boy can visit some friends of the family in the village of Petipas.

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas

1972

Film credits

Behind the camera

Etudes for Piano Students poster
NR

Films for children gradually fell into the grip of expressive and content sterility, succumbing to exhortative, educational tendencies. This is also the case in the story of a 14-year-old girl who has been accepted to the conservatory, but a sudden accident, a broken arm, makes her rethink her priorities - she learns that it is possible to engage in other activities than the tedious practice of piano etudes.

Etudes for Piano Students

1987

Etudes for Piano Students poster
NR

Films for children gradually fell into the grip of expressive and content sterility, succumbing to exhortative, educational tendencies. This is also the case in the story of a 14-year-old girl who has been accepted to the conservatory, but a sudden accident, a broken arm, makes her rethink her priorities - she learns that it is possible to engage in other activities than the tedious practice of piano etudes.

Etudes for Piano Students

1987

Jacob poster
9.0

The 11-year old Jakub is living in a children's home, when he is picked up by his father. The father has been "away" for four years, the boys mother doesn't want the child. Jakub gradually finds out, that his father is hiding a secret from him. But they gradually manage to build a warm relationship and a promising new life in the city.

Jacob

1977

Blob to the Fairytale poster
6.3

Little Vendulka receives a birthday gift of a seemingly innocuous children's book. Little she knows that the book is actually a portal into the surreal world of nursery rhymes and Josef Lada's paintings.

Blob to the Fairytale

1981

Blob to the Fairytale poster
6.3

Little Vendulka receives a birthday gift of a seemingly innocuous children's book. Little she knows that the book is actually a portal into the surreal world of nursery rhymes and Josef Lada's paintings.

Blob to the Fairytale

1981

Oof - They Are Here poster
5.7

Little boy considers to have discovered traces of the aliens but in fact comes across the activity of small thieves.

Oof - They Are Here

1990

Oof - They Are Here poster
5.7

Little boy considers to have discovered traces of the aliens but in fact comes across the activity of small thieves.

Oof - They Are Here

1990

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Panenka s porcelánovou hlavičkou

1991

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas poster
7.3

The summer holidays are approaching and the children are bragging about all the exciting places they are going to visit during the long-awaited two months of summer. Only Tonda is not looking forward to staying in Prague over the holidays. He brightens up after his father announces that the boy can visit some friends of the family in the village of Petipas.

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas

1972

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas poster
7.3

The summer holidays are approaching and the children are bragging about all the exciting places they are going to visit during the long-awaited two months of summer. Only Tonda is not looking forward to staying in Prague over the holidays. He brightens up after his father announces that the boy can visit some friends of the family in the village of Petipas.

Three of Us and Dog from Petipas

1972

The Cat Prince poster
6.8

The castle custodian Král is moving to a new place of work with his wife, son Radek and a five - years old daughter Terezka. Radek takes his cat Líza with him. A fully loaded truck moves through the country which is in spring blossoms, gradually changing into a snow-covered land. Children's imagination creates from real experiences magic stories - a fairy-tale grandpa takes them to a new castle, the children fear a black-horse rider who - as the grandpa and the cleaning lady assert she hates cats.

The Cat Prince

1979

Nechci nic slyšet poster
6.0

An 11-year-old boy is the only survivor of a tragic car accident in which both parents are killed. It's not until he meets a travelling student theatre company that he is able to shake off the long-term shock...

Nechci nic slyšet

1978

Nechci nic slyšet poster
6.0

An 11-year-old boy is the only survivor of a tragic car accident in which both parents are killed. It's not until he meets a travelling student theatre company that he is able to shake off the long-term shock...

Nechci nic slyšet

1978

Julek poster
5.8

The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-class environment, when his moral maturity was already showing. The authors of the film recall that the young Julek was a star of the suburban operetta scene, and in three episodes they depict him both in his early childhood and already at the gymnasium, when the outbreak of the World War shaped his determination.

Julek

1980

Julek poster
5.8

The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-class environment, when his moral maturity was already showing. The authors of the film recall that the young Julek was a star of the suburban operetta scene, and in three episodes they depict him both in his early childhood and already at the gymnasium, when the outbreak of the World War shaped his determination.

Julek

1980

Družina černého pera poster
NR

A group of children from a working-class neighbourhood in Pilsen search for a way to effectively protest against the rampage of the First World War and the oppressive state power...

Družina černého pera

1974

Družina černého pera poster
NR

A group of children from a working-class neighbourhood in Pilsen search for a way to effectively protest against the rampage of the First World War and the oppressive state power...

Družina černého pera

1974

Lucie and the Miracles poster
4.6

The harsh reality of a home for abandoned children blends with episodes of youthful fantasy and slapstick comedy in this story of an orphan girl. Lucy's fondest wish is to find new parents and leave an orphanage. She befriends a man who can create doors from paint. He gives her a stuffed dog that magically comes alive when placed on the ground, and he and his wife end up adopting the little girl. After finding parents of her own, Lucy sets out through fantasy to find parents for her orphan friends. All of the people Lucy meet during her remarkable make believe wanderings end up taking children home.

Lucie and the Miracles

1971

No artwork available
9.0

The fantastic world of little Thomas, who conjured up beauty and happiness.

Modré z nebe

1984