Mucha: The Story of an Artist Who Created a Style

This exciting new feature documentary, directed by Roman Vávra and produced by Punk film, Czech Television, ARTE & maxim film, tells the story of Alphonse Mucha from the perspective of his son Jiří Mucha.

It includes re-enactments, animations, archive footage, paintings and photos.

The documentary brings Alphonse Mucha's legacy through the ages to life, showcasing some of the psychedelic rock posters, Japanese manga novels, American comic books and graffiti art that openly take inspiration in Mucha's work.

Photos courtesy of Maxim film.

Credits

Czech title Svět podle Muchy
German title
Mucha – Zwischen Popkunst und Slawischem Epos

director
Roman Vávra
script writer
Markéta Sára Valnohová, Roman Vávra
story & script advisor
Martin Polák
cinematographer
Martin Štěpánek

composer André Feldhaus
montage Katarina Geyerova Buchanan

animations Rainer Ludwigs Image-Building
director of animation Rainer Ludwigs
assistant animation director Tetyana Chernyavska

architect Milan Popelka
property-girl Martina Zwyrtek, Jana Marková
costume Ivana Štastná
mask Iveta Huptychová
sound Jiří Hruban

cast
Martin Stránský (Jiří Mucha)
Tomaš Konarik (young Alphonse Mucha)
Antonín Nový (old Alphonse Mucha)
etc.

musicians
Richard Ander-Donath (violoncello)
Marcel Noll (viola)
Johannes Roosen-Runge (trumpet, flugelhorn)

sound German version Anders Wasserfall
trailer editor Arno Schumann, Montagehalle (German & international version)

head of international co-productions Czech Television Markéta Štinglová
commissioning editor/creative producer Czech Television Dušan Mulíček
commissioning editor ARTE G.E.I.E. Olaf Rosenberg
executive producer Punk Film Jakub Pinkava, Barbora Kinkalová
executive producer Czech Television Pavel Plešák
line producer maxim film Henriette Degener
line producer Czech Television Markéta Tulisová
line producer Punk Film Michael Jan Ennis
producer Ondřej Beránek, Jakub Pinkava
co-producer Peter Roloff

institutional funding by Czech Film Fund, nordmedia Lower Saxony/Bremen, Pilsen Region, South Moravia Region, City of Brno

production Punk Film, s.r.o., Prague
in co-production with Czech Television, ARTE & maxim film

in cooperation with Mucha Foundation