Golden Sixties (2009) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Golden Sixties online in HD.
Golden Sixties — Storyline
Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each episode focuses on a different filmmaker.
Cast & Crew
Golden Sixties — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2009-01-03 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 39 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | ČT2, ČT art |
| Status | Ended |
Golden Sixties — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Miloš Forman (2009-01-03) — If he were to choose today between creating under ideological demands or commercial demands, he would again choose the latter possibility. The famous American film director made, d
- E2: Otakar Vávra (2009-01-10) — In 2008, he ended his fifty-year lasting teaching career, even then he didn’t resign from the idea of another film. First film, The Light Penetrates the Darkness (Světlo proniká tm
- E3: Juraj Herz (2009-01-17) — This 2009 documentary on Juraj Herz features in-depth interviews and copious clips from the director's work. Interview subjects include film-world luminaries Miloš Forman, Věra Chy
- E4: Miroslav Ondříček (2009-01-24) — He has twice been nominated for an Oscar for the camera in movies Ragtime (1981) and Amadeus (1984), in both cases it was a near thing. Yet no one doubts that he is one of the worl
- E5: Věra Chytilová (2009-01-31) — Originally a student of architecture, then a draft person, laboratory technician, model, a film extra, script assistant, assistant director, student of FAMU with Otakar Vávra, and,
- E6: Albert Marenčin (2009-02-07) — One of those whose creativity was for long sacrificed for the work of others. After studying in Paris he began operating in Czechoslovak national film in Bratislava already in 1948
- E7: Hynek Bočan (2009-02-14) — He had encountered film as a fifteen year old boy in Jiří Sequens’ Lead Bread (1953) in which he had a bigger part than the later star actress Jana Brejchová. Today a prominent cre
- E8: Ladislav Helge (2009-02-21) — Social issues presented to him, as a film director, always more than an artistic concept, politics meant more to him than poetics. Right after his feature debut School of Fathers (
- E9: Jiří Menzel (2009-02-28) — Butch among students of Otakar Vávra, who finally, despite his initial shyness, proved to be much better than others. Before acquiring the post of film director, he played in movie
- E10: Stanislav Milota (2009-03-07) — Žižkovský flashy and self-taught, who was brought in the cameraman limelight by his immeasurable, exceptional imagination and technical ingenuity. And also courage: in time of Sovi
- E11: Jan Kačer (2009-03-14) — From the role of partisan Pavel in the Kadár-Klos film Because We Don’t Forget (Smrt si říká Engelchen, 1963), the icon actor of the sixties. Between the years of 1965-1975 a membe
- E12: Jan Švankmajer (2009-03-21) — Ironic cinematic magician and analyst of our conscious and unconscious lapses and passion. The original puppeteer training Semafor started in their own theater masks and direction
- E13: Meir Lubor Dohnal (2009-04-04) — Together with Ivan Jandl, the first holder of an Oscar and his classmate, they were interested in film already at the High School. He was growing up in the effervescent literary an
- E14: Drahomíra Vihanová (2009-04-11) — She had always been interested in those who behave differently than others. And she was no different. She studied musicology and aesthetics, and in parallel piano at the conservato
- E15: Jan Schmidt (2009-04-18) — He got to FAMU detour through medical studies and he was one from the famous generation of Otakar Vávra. Already at school and then even after finishing school he formed a tandem w
- E16: Zdeněk Mahler (2009-05-09) — His name evokes music and he is most known as a moderator of television programs about music personages and other celebrities. An author of the literature of the fact, essayist and
- E17: Jan Němec (2009-05-16) — Enfant terrible of the Czechoslovak New Wave. With his material he had problems already at FAMU, however, just with the first feature film, existentially tormenting Diamonds of the
- E18: Eduard Grečner (2009-05-23) — He belongs to the first Slovak student at the Prague FAMU. He begun with film directing and his long-term illness redirected him towards screen writing. After return to Slovakia he
- E19: Ivan Balaďa (2009-05-30) — Already in 1960 he made his first, TV treatment of Mňačko’s novel Because We Don’t Forget. He spent the next years with the Czechoslovakian Army Film, where he directed unconventio
- E20: Karel Vachek (2009-06-06) — Already as a student at FAMU, he was sent for »re-education« to a factory. This, however, did not change his demasking and for many irritating attitude to reality. Evidence of this
- E21: Igor Luther (2009-06-13) — From the time of leaving film school FAMU he collaborated mostly with his Slovak compatriots, film directs Elo Havetta (Forecast: Zero /Předpověď: nula/, 1966), Juraj Jakubisko (Cr
- E22: Juraj Jakubisko (2009-06-20) — His untamable talent brought him from the East-Slovakian Kojšov to the sunlight of European cinematography. A fierce experimenter with the magic of optics, a cruel and loving illus
- E23: Vojtěch Jasný (2009-06-27) — A filmmaker tied to his homeland in way very few people are, and yet forced by circumstance to become, against his will, a runner through foreign lands. His beginning was in tandem
- E24: Dušan Hanák (2009-07-11) — Already during his studies at Prague’s FAMU he had captivated by his short films. The befitting title of his first film, Melancholy (Zádumčivost, 1963) captures their tone. A sensi
- E25: Vít Olmer (2009-07-18) — He began his career as a successful and sought-after stage and film actor, he advanced even to the boards of the National Theatre. After acting at DAMU he have graduated from film
- E26: Ivan Passer (2009-07-25) — Nomad in his directorial and human destiny. His father, farmer, was expropriated by the communist regime, he himself was repeatedly thrown from studies, finally, after years of stu
Season 2
- E1: Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos (2015-09-11)
- E2: Karel Kachyňa (2015-09-18)
- E3: Peter Solan (2015-09-25)
- E4: František Vláčil (2015-10-02)
- E5: Štefan Uher (2015-10-09)
- E6: Pavel Juráček (2015-10-16)
- E7: Elo Havetta (2015-10-23)
- E8: Antonín Máša (2015-11-06)
- E9: Ester Krumbachová (2015-11-13)
- E10: Jaroslav Papoušek (2015-11-27)
- E11: Evald Schorm (2015-12-04)
- E12: Jaromil Jireš (2015-12-11)
- E13: Jiří Krejčík (2015-12-18)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Golden Sixties have? 2 season(s) with 39 episodes.
Where can I watch Golden Sixties? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
