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Čeněk Zahradníček 1900–1989



Ruce v úterý (1935)

Čeněk Zahradníček (1900–1989), "Man with a Camera", is known mainly as a respected pioneer of the Czech amateur film. He was one of the founders of the Prague Pathé Club, he was also an active amateur filmmaker and the amateur film promoter.

In 1981, Jiří Donné shot the film Služebníci černé dámy [Black Lady Servants] a tribute to the surrealism and avant-garde trends of the twenties and thirties, and which is also a tribute to Čeněk Zahradníček