
2023
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.

Ivo Špalj
Self

Jan Švankmajer
Self

Jaromír Kallista
Self

Libuše Špaljová
Self

Barbora Koláčková
Self

Jiří Klenka
Self

Zdeněk Dušek
Self

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
Self

Karel Zámečník
Self

Adina Kotyzová
Self

Barbora Kotyzová
Self

Adéla Špaljová
Self

Peter Švorc
Self

Jaroslav Fryš
Self

Tomáš Flekna
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Ladislav Hrubec
Self

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