Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:36:42 +0200https://english.radio.cz/man-who-was-willing-pay-price-film-director-otakar-vavra-turns-100-8565581© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalCzech film director Otakar Vávra celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday. In his extraordinary career, Mr Vávra made over 50 movies, enjoyed by audiences in all of the regimes Czechs went through in the 20th century. But there was often a price for being able to make films even under the most difficult circumstances; a price Otakar Vávra was always willing to pay.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/man-who-was-willing-pay-price-film-director-otakar-vavra-turns-100-8565581 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9