---
title: 'Otakar Vávra'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film critic'
  - 'director'
  - 'film director'
  - 'pedagogue'
  - 'writer'
born: '1911-02-28'
died: '2011-09-15'
birthplace: 'Hradec Králové'
deathplace: 'Prague'
films_in_library: 33
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otakar_V%C3%A1vra'
wikidata: 'Q471434'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Otakar Vávra

film critic, director, film director, pedagogue, writer.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1977 · [Osvobození Prahy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/osvobozeni-prahy-1977) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Sokolovo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sokolovo-1974) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [Days of Betrayal](https://cinepixo.com/movies/days-of-betrayal-1973) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [Witchhammer](https://cinepixo.com/movies/witchhammer-1970) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [Romance for Bugle](https://cinepixo.com/movies/romance-for-bugle-1967) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [Golden Queen](https://cinepixo.com/movies/golden-queen-1965) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [The Night Guest](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-night-guest-1961) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1958 · [Občan Brych](https://cinepixo.com/movies/obcan-brych-1958) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1956 · [Against All](https://cinepixo.com/movies/against-all-1956) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [Jan Žižka](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jan-zizka-1955) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1954 · [Jan Hus](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jan-hus-1954) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1949 · [Silent Barricade](https://cinepixo.com/movies/silent-barricade-1949) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1948 · [Krakatit](https://cinepixo.com/movies/krakatit-1948) — Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1946 · [The Adventurous Bachelor](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-adventurous-bachelor-1946) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1945 · [Rozina sebranec](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rozina-sebranec-1945) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1942 · [Enchanted](https://cinepixo.com/movies/enchanted-1942) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1942 · [I'll Be Right Over](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ill-be-right-over-1942) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1941 · [Turbina](https://cinepixo.com/movies/turbina-1941) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Pohádka máje](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pohadka-maje-1940) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Dívka v modrém](https://cinepixo.com/movies/divka-v-modrem-1940) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Pacientka Dr. Hegla](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pacientka-dr-hegla-1940) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [The Masked Lover](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-masked-lover-1940) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1939 · [The Magic House](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magic-house-1939) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1939 · [Humoreska](https://cinepixo.com/movies/humoreska-1939) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1938 · [The Merry Wives](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-merry-wives-1938) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1938 · [Její pastorkyně](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jeji-pastorkyne-1938) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1937 · [Virginity](https://cinepixo.com/movies/virginity-1937) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1937 · [Filosofská historie](https://cinepixo.com/movies/filosofska-historie-1937) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1937 · [Camel Through the Eye of a Needle](https://cinepixo.com/movies/camel-through-the-eye-of-a-needle-1937) — Director, Screenplay, Editor · unreviewed here
- 1937 · [Morality Above All Else](https://cinepixo.com/movies/morality-above-all-else-1937) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1936 · [Three Men in the Snow](https://cinepixo.com/movies/three-men-in-the-snow-1936) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1935 · [Jedenácté přikázání](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jedenacte-prikazani-1935) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1935 · [Marysa](https://cinepixo.com/movies/marysa-1935) — Screenplay · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra
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