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Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

Engi – Sound Designer Ivo Špalj

2023•1h 10m•7.0/10
DocumentaryTV Movie

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A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father Ivo Špalj talk about his life, career, and working methods. Over the course of his long life, sound designer Ivo Špalj (*1940) has collaborated on hundreds of films and become a mentor for at least one generation of men and women behind the mixing board. This gentle documentary also shows “Engi” (as he is known to his colleagues) again working with Jan Švankmajer, whose films he has lent their typical, dense, and sophisticated sound mix.

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Česká televize

Language

CS

Status

Released

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Ivo Špalj

Ivo Špalj

Self

Jan Švankmajer

Jan Švankmajer

Self

Jaromír Kallista

Jaromír Kallista

Self

Libuše Špaljová

Self

Barbora Koláčková

Self

Jiří Klenka

Self

Zdeněk Dušek

Self

Radim Hladík Sr.

Radim Hladík Sr.

Self

Olga Čechová

Self

Pavel Rejholec

Self

Jan Daňhel

Self

Jan Čeněk

Self

Ivo Broum

Self

Marta Kačorová

Self

Jana Částková

Self

Alois Fišárek

Alois Fišárek

Self

Karel Zámečník

Self

Adina Kotyzová

Self

Barbora Kotyzová

Self

Adéla Špaljová

Self

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