Evald Schorm

At one time Czech director Evald Schorm was known as the conscience of the Czech New Wave and was known for using film to promote notions of compassion equality and individualism in the face of social structure Originally an opera singer the Prague native studied filmmaking at the prestigious FAMU between 1957 and 1962 He went on to create documentaries with the Documentary Film Studio in Prague Schorm also worked as a film actor Following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia the Communist government repressed his films Still Schorm remained in Czechoslovakia and directed opera stage plays and sometimes television shows He returned to feature filmmaking in the late 80s but died of heart failure in 1988