Biography
Pavel Hobl (1935-2007) was a screenwriter, director and actor who graduated from FAMU. He started his career with short, mostly documentary films. He debuted with the feature-length family film Do You Keep a Lion At Home? (Máte doma lva,1963). Among his diverse films are the comedy Five Minutes to Seven (Za pět minut sedm, 1964), the sci-fi film The Borrowed Face (Ztracená tvář, 1965), the three-story horror The Great Unknown (Velká neznámá, 1970) and the musical Thirty Maidens and Pythagoras (Třicet panen a Pythagoras, 1973). He also made documentaries and TV films and dedicated his time to preparing polyvisual and multiscreen projects – artistic methods he used for, e.g. the Laterna Magika theatre.
Zlín Film Festival
Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 1973 |
30 Virgins and Pythagoras |
| 1970 |
The Great Unknown |
Šest uprchlíků (TV movie) |
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| 1969 |
Krimi revue (TV movie) |
| 1967 |
Vltava 12° (TV movie) |
| 1965 |
Ztracená tvář |
| 1964 |
Antigona (TV movie) |
Za pět minut sedm |
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| 1963 |
Do You Keep a Lion at Home? |
| Series | |
|---|---|
| 1970 |
Já a můj pes |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1992 |
Alma Mater Pragensis |
| 1987 |
Mimstory (series) |
| 1982 |
Caprichos |
Joseph Haydn - Tema con variazioni |
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Kratochvíle |
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| 1978 |
Adresář |
| 1973 |
Gate to India, A |
| 1972 |
Confession |
| 1962 |
A Waiting for Darong Bawana |
| 1960 |
Attention fashion |
Fantasy for Left Hand and Human Conscience, A |
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Heroes of the Jungle |
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Žáci od sv. Jakuba |
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| 1959 |
Pět plzeňských |
Sjezd socialistické kultury |
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| 1954 |
Československý filmový týdeník (series) |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1966 |
Autorevue (TV movie) |
Rozkaz (TV movie) |
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| 1965 |
Rossiniana (TV movie) |
The Magician |
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| 1964 |
Concertino (TV movie) |
| 1956 |
Ztracená posice (student film) |
Screenwriter
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 1973 |
30 Virgins and Pythagoras |
| 1970 |
The Great Unknown |
| 1969 |
Krimi revue (TV movie) |
| 1967 |
Vltava 12° (TV movie) |
| 1965 |
Ztracená tvář |
| 1964 |
Za pět minut sedm |
| 1963 |
Do You Keep a Lion at Home? |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 1992 |
Alma Mater Pragensis |
| 1960 |
Fantasy for Left Hand and Human Conscience, A |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1966 |
Autorevue (TV movie) |
| 1965 |
Policajt a chorál |
Úkryt Černého Billa |
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Actor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 1973 |
30 Virgins and Pythagoras |
| 1970 |
The Great Unknown |
| 1964 |
Za pět minut sedm |
| 1963 |
Do You Keep a Lion at Home? |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2009 |
Golden Sixties (series) |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 1960 |
Postavy mimo hru |
| 1957 |
Lhář (student film) |