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Věra Plívová-Šimková
Lomnice nad Popelkou, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Věra Plívová-Šimková ( May 29, 1934 Lomnice nad Popelkou – October 13 , 2024 Semily ) was a Czech film director, known especially for her films about children and for children. S…
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Věra Plívová-Šimková ( May 29, 1934 Lomnice nad Popelkou – October 13 , 2024 Semily ) was a Czech film director, known especially for her films about children and for children. She was born in Lomnica pod Popelka to a volunteer family. Her mother Vlasta Plívová (née Kaplanová) worked in the Svornost theater association in Lomnica, her father František was a teacher at a weaving school. When she was three years old, her father died. Her siblings were also involved in art, sister Břetislava Pospíšilová-Plívová was a painter, Vlasta Zděnovcová-Plívová was a Hispanist and translator. After passing the matriculation exam at Lepař's high school in Jičín , where she and her family moved because of her mother's work, she decided to study directing at FAMU. After completing her studies (1952–1957) under the guidance of Bořivoj Zeman, she began assisting directors Karl Kachyňa ( Král Šumava ) and Vojtěch Jasný ( Desire ) or Václav Vorlíček ( The Case of the Lupínek ) at Barrand. After finishing her film career, she lived in Chuchelno near Semil. Her husband was the glassmaker Tomáš Šimek , who died in 1998. She died in Semily on 13 October 2024 at the age of 90.
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2023
Věra Plívová-Šimková
Movie Self
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2007
Začarovaná láska
Movie Story
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2007
Vohnice a Kiliján
Movie Director
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2002
Petr Hapka
Movie
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2001
Circle
Movie Director
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1995
Artus, Merlin a Prchlici
Movie Director
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1990
Houpačka
Movie Director
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1989
The Squirrel and the Magic Shell
Movie Director
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1988
Nefňukej, veverko!
Movie Director
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1986
Hledám dům holubí
Movie
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1985
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
Movie Self - Audience Member
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1983
Blinker-Ciko
Movie Director
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1981
The Krakonos and the Skiers
Movie Director
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1980
Brontosaurus
Movie Director
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1978
A Major Role for Rosmaryna
Movie Director
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1976
Boys Will Be Boys
Movie Director
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1974
The Fair Is Here
Movie Director
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1972
About Show-White
Movie Story
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1970
Lišáci – Myšáci a Šibeničák
Movie Director
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1969
Toni, You're Crazy
Movie Story
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1966
Katya and the Crocodile
Movie Screenplay
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1965
Adventures with a Naked Boy
Movie First Assistant Director
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1964
Chlapci zadejte se
Movie Screenplay
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1963
Rusalka
Movie First Assistant Director
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1962
Vánice
Movie First Assistant Director
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1961
The Lupinek Case
Movie Assistant Director
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1959
King of the Sumava
Movie Assistant Director
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1959
Sny na neděli
Movie Assistant Director
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1958
Desire
Movie Assistant Director
