The Eye Over Prague

The Eye Over Prague
Oko nad Prahou

Czech Republic / 2010 / 78 min
Documentary

The Eye Over Prague
Oko nad Prahou

Czech Republic / 2010 / 78 min
Documentary

An extraordinary tale about a highly passionate and elegant architect with a clear vision of the future and the biggest fight of his life in Prague again. Shot over three years in the UK, the Czech Republic and Italy, it tells the powerful story of Jan Kaplicky, one of the most emotional figures in the world of architecture. His greatest unrealized architectural achievement, the new National library in Prague, means the world to him. The project called the Eye over Prague is radical, exciting and far enough ahead of its time to provoke a fair degree of controversy. It represents a triumphant return to his homeland for the Czech-born émigré, a vindication of his uncompromisingly forward-looking philosophy and a tragically poetic ending to his remarkable career.

Writer / Olga Malířová Špátová , Eliška Kaplický Fuchsová    DoP / Olga Malířová Špátová    Editor / Jakub Voves    Sound / Tomáš Kubec

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