Summary
Documentary maker Rudolf Adler made just one live-action feature film, which, as it happens, tells the story of a student who has set out to make a documentary. Střepy pro Evu (Glass Splinters for Eve, 1978) tells the story of Petr, a young student of film directing at Prague’s FAMU film and TV school. Petr begins to prepare for the making of a film about the history of glassmaking in Bohemia. He first visits a modern facility, but then becomes acquainted with traditional glassmaking methods still in use at an old glassworks, methods that are no match for the modern, mass-production lines. Switching from recording authentic glassmaking footage, Petr instead successfully develops a relationship with Eva, an employee of a glass modelling shop. However, she is considerably shaken up on discovering that Petr is merely using their reality as material for his motion picture… This film, released in 1978, was made in glassworks located in Chřibská and Nový Bor. The parts of Petr and Eva are performed by Svatopluk Skopal and Jana Pehrová, respectively, with Lenka Kořínková and Dagmar Bláhová appearing in supporting roles. Adler’s colleague, documentary maker Ivan Vojnár, took up the opportunity to make a cameo appearance as the cameraman.
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