Ivan Král

Ivan Král

Born: May 12, 1948
Died: February 2, 2020
in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Ivan Král is a Czech-born American composer, filmmaker, record producer, bass guitar player, and singer-songwriter. He works across genres including punk, rock, jazz, soul, country and film scores.

Movies for Ivan Král...

Searching for Ester
Title: Searching for Ester
Character: Himself
Released: April 12, 2005
Type: Movie
Ester Krumbachová - a costume designer, screenwriter, director; one of the boldest personalities of the Czech New Wave. She worked in theatre, she was a writer and an illustrator. She co-created films such as O slavnosti a hostech (1966), Sedmikrásky (1966), Vsichni dobrí rodáci (1969), Pension pro svobodné pány (1968), Valerie a týden divu (1970), Slamený klobouk (1972) and many others. In the 1960s, she was a 'pivot' of the art scene in Prague, attracting artists who were on the threshold of their career, just setting out to find their own form of self-realization. Those who underwent her tutelage remember her forever. Director Vera Chytilová talks to those who knew Ester Krumbachová, who worked with her, befriended her, loved her. She sets off on a search that is to end by answering the question: Who was Ester?
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Cabriolet
Title: Cabriolet
Released: March 29, 2001
Type: Movie
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Mňága – Happy End
Title: Mňága – Happy End
Released: June 12, 1996
Type: Movie
'Mnaga - Happyend' is a crazy pseudo-documentary about Mnaga&Zdorp, a real (and much loved) Czech pop-rock group. It depicts their fictitious history of being created artificially, on demand of the musical market.
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Dancing Barefoot
Title: Dancing Barefoot
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
In this 1995 made-for television biopic, see legendary musician and filmmaker Ivan Kral as he made music history. With guitar and camera in the 70s, playing with Iggy Pop, Blondie and Patti Smith Group, he triumphed, rising from refugee to rock icon.
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Patti Smith Group: Live on Rockpalast
Title: Patti Smith Group: Live on Rockpalast
Character: Performer
Released: April 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A career-spanning 1979 concert by Patti Smith and her band from Essen, Germany and broadcast on WDR's Rockpalast. Bonus interview after the concert.
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Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976
Title: Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 1977
Type: Movie
Concert film and interview from Patti Smith Group's 1976 visit to Stockholm shot for Swedish television.
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The Blank Generation
Title: The Blank Generation
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1976
Type: Movie
The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).