Elo Havetta

Directing

June 13, 1938 — February 3, 1975

Velké Vozokany, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]

2 movies

Biography

Elo Havetta was born on June 13, 1938 in Velké Vozokany, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a director and writer, known for Slávnost v botanickej záhrade (1969), Predpoved: Nula (1966) and Svatá Jana (1963). He died on February 3, 1975 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).

🎬 Elo Havetta's Filmography

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6.7

Maria, an inn keeper, is always a bride but never a wife. She meets newcomer Pierre, who disturbs the peace of the small village and teaches the locals how to enjoy life. E. Havetta's debut was inspired by naïve art, French impressionism, silent slap-stick and Western Slovakian folk traditions.

Celebration in the Botanical Garden

1969

The documentary tribute to the solitary director Elo Havetta (1938-1975), the author of only two feature films (Celebration in the Botanical Garden and Wild Lilies), which belong to the peaks of Slovak cinema. In their time, they brought playfulness and spontaneity, which the authors of the documentary follow up with a happening in which they search for his legacy on the way to the director's grave.

Slávnosť osamelej palmy

2005