Kapr Code
A Documentary Opera featuring the contradictory life of progressive composer and prominent communist Jan Kapr (1914-88), Stalin award laureate, later banned in socialist Czechoslovakia. While Kapr’s life escalates towards pivotal moments, we follow opera songs reflecting these life junctures, establishing an artist’s fate. The film explores the nature of memory, and narration, using Kapr’s personal, never before seen amateur films manifesting his humor and desire to leave traces for eternity.
- Production : Mindset Pictures (Andrea Shaffer), DOCUfilm Praha
- Coproduction : Czech Television, VIRUSfilm Slovakia, MagicLab Czech Republic
- Statut : post-production
- Completion : June 2021
- Screening version length : 94 mn
- Expected final length : 90 mn
- Funds : Czech Film Fund, South Moravian Film Fund, The Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, The Slovak Audiovisual Fund
