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Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague, where he studied architecture. During 1929–30, while still a student, he participated in the making of a handful of documentaries and wrote movie scripts. In 1931, he produced the experimental film Světlo proniká tmou. The first movie he directed was 1937's Panenství. His 1938 film The Merry Wives was praised in Variety for "first-rate direction, a salty yarn and elaborate production effort", even though it had undergone certain cuts because it was considered too "ribald" by American censors. Vávra was a member of the Communist Party from 1945 to 1989. After the Communists seized power in 1948, Vávra adapted quickly to the new political climate and produced films praising the current regime and supporting the new, official interpretation of the past. In the 1950s he filmed the "Hussite Trilogy", one of his most famous works, consisting of Jan Hus (1954), Jan Žižka (1955) and Against All (1957).[2] In the 1960s, Vávra made his most celebrated films Zlatá reneta (1965), Romance for Bugle (1966) and Witchhammer (1969). Romance for Bugle was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Special Silver Prize. In the 1970s Vávra produced his "War Trilogy" consisting of semi-documentary movies Dny zrady, Sokolovo and Osvobození Prahy, all being heavily influenced by communist propaganda. The film Dny zrady (Days of Betrayal, 1973) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma. In 1979 he was a member of the jury at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. Since the 1950s Vávra taught film direction at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Among his students were several directors of the "Czech New Wave".
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1911-02-28
- event Death Date 2011-09-15
- school Known for: Directing
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- info Birth Place Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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The Great Movie Robbery
1986-01-01
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A Box of Film
1958-01-01
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Moje Praha
2002-11-01
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Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985-02-01
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Searching for Ester
2005-04-12
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018-09-16
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Golden Sixties
2009-01-03
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GENUS
1995-01-02
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Dva ohně
1950-02-17
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Láska
1949-12-31
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Láska
1949-12-31
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Presentiment
1947-12-25
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Revoluční rok 1848
1949-12-23
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Rodinné trampoty oficiála Tříšky
1949-12-30
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The Night Guest
1961-09-29
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White Darkness
1948-08-27
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Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“
1949-09-23
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Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“
1949-09-23
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Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“
1949-09-23
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Krakatit
1948-04-09
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Na dobré stopě
1949-01-07
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Silent Barricade
1949-05-06
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Silent Barricade
1949-05-06
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Vzbouření na vsi
1949-04-16
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Komediant
1984-10-01
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Komediant
1984-10-01
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Putování Jana Amose
1983-10-01
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Putování Jana Amose
1983-10-01
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Putování Jana Amose
1983-10-01
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Posel úsvitu
1951-09-28
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Racek Is Late
1950-12-22
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Romance for Bugle
1967-03-03
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Horoucí srdce
1963-03-08
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Shoesmachine
1954-09-24
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Witchhammer
1970-01-23
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Ze světa lesních samot
1933-02-17
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Jan Hus
1955-04-29
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Jan Hus
1955-04-29
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Krakatit
1948-04-09
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Golden Queen
1965-10-22
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Jan Žižka
1956-02-05
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Jan Žižka
1956-02-05
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Jan Žižka
1956-02-05
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The Thirteenth Chamber
1969-04-25
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The Thirteenth Chamber
1969-04-25
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Romance for Bugle
1967-03-03
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Jan Hus
1955-04-29
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Jan Žižka
1956-02-05
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Against All
1957-10-04
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The Adventurous Bachelor
1946-09-06
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Against All
1957-10-04
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Sokolovo
1975-05-09
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Maryša
1935-03-01
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Silent Barricade
1949-05-06
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We Live in Prague
1934-07-13
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Listopad
1935-01-01
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Virginity
1937-11-04
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Občan Brych
1959-02-20
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Golden Queen
1965-10-22
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Dark Sun
1980-09-19
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History of Philosophy
1937-11-05
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Rozina the Love Child
1945-12-14
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A Story of Love and Honor
1978-01-27
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May Fairy Tale
1940-10-25
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The Light Penetrates the Dark
1930-02-13
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The Guild of the Kutná Hora Virgins
1938-09-16
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Oldrich and Bozena
1985-08-01
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The Night Guest
1961-09-29
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August Sunday
1961-05-12
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August Sunday
1961-05-12
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The Magic House
1939-11-21
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Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
1937-01-19
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Days of Betrayal
1973-04-27
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The Liberation of Prague
1977-05-06
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Humoreska
1939-08-11
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Days of Betrayal
1973-04-27
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Days of Betrayal
1973-04-27
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The Girl in Blue
1940-01-26
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Sokolovo
1975-05-09
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Sokolovo
1975-05-09
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Evropa tančila valčík
1989-12-29
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Moje Praha
2002-11-01
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Moje Praha
2002-11-01
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Moje Praha
2002-11-01
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Národní umělec Zdeněk Štěpánek
1960-12-16
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Národní umělec Zdeněk Štěpánek
1960-12-16
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Policejní hodina
1961-04-21
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Policejní hodina
1961-04-21
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Přijdu hned
1942-12-25
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The Liberation of Prague
1977-05-06
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The Liberation of Prague
1977-05-06
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A Story of Love and Honor
1978-01-27
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Happy Journey
1943-12-25
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Krakatit
1948-04-09
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Witchhammer
1970-01-23
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Dark Sun
1980-09-19
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Oldrich and Bozena
1985-08-01
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Veronika
1986-05-01
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Jedenácté přikázání
1935-08-30
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Ulička v ráji
1936-09-25
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Pacientka dr. Hegla
1940-08-30
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Pacientka dr. Hegla
1940-08-30
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Veronika
1986-05-01
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Uličnice
1936-10-23
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Hlídač č. 47
1937-12-03
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Její pastorkyně
1938-03-11
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May Fairy Tale
1940-10-25
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Přijdu hned
1942-12-25
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Humoreska
1939-08-11
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Okouzlená
1942-11-06
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Okouzlená
1942-11-06
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Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy
1935-12-25
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Bezdětná
1935-11-08
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Turbina
1941-10-17
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Turbina
1941-10-17
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Presentiment
1947-12-25
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Presentiment
1947-12-25
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The Masked Lover
1940-10-11
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The Masked Lover
1940-10-11
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Listopad
1935-01-01
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Listopad
1935-01-01
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A Little Street in Paradise
1936-11-09
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The Adventurous Bachelor
1946-09-06
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Nástup
1953-05-01
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Revoluční rok 1848
1949-12-23
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Nástup
1953-05-01
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Vlast vítá
1945-11-23
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Vlast vítá
1945-11-23
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Vlast vítá
1945-11-23
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Cesta k barikádám
1946-05-03
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Cesta k barikádám
1946-05-03
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Cesta k barikádám
1946-05-03
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Ulička v ráji
1936-09-25
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Tři muži ve sněhu
1936-06-26
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Against All
1957-10-04
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The Guild of the Kutná Hora Virgins
1938-09-16
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Revoluční rok 1848
1949-12-23
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Občan Brych
1959-02-20
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Modern shoe production
1931-12-31
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The Light Penetrates the Dark
1930-02-13
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The Light Penetrates the Dark
1930-02-13
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The Light Penetrates the Dark
1930-02-13
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The Bať family's trip to Yugoslavia
1930-12-31
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Svítání
1933-09-01
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We Live in Prague
1934-07-13
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We Live in Prague
1934-07-13
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We Live in Prague
1934-07-13
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Camel Through The Eye Of A Needle
1937-01-19
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History of Philosophy
1937-11-05
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Morality Above All Else
1937-02-24
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Virginity
1937-11-04
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První parta
1960-02-19
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První parta
1960-02-19
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The Girl in Blue
1940-01-26
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The Magic House
1939-11-21
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Horoucí srdce
1963-03-08
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Horoucí srdce
1963-03-08
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Návrat presidenta dr. Edvarda Beneše do Prahy 16. května 1945
1945-01-01
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Návrat presidenta dr. Edvarda Beneše do Prahy 16. května 1945
1945-01-01
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Návrat presidenta dr. Edvarda Beneše do Prahy 16. května 1945
1945-01-01
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Rozina the Love Child
1945-12-14
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Happy Journey
1943-12-25
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Až se vrátíš...
1948-11-23
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Dravci
1948-04-30
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The Musician
1948-05-21
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GENUS
1995-01-02
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GENUS
1995-01-02