Didactica Magna: Against the Grain

Overview

The film is an insight into a teacher's soul and a contemplation upon his teaching fate. This portrait of a unique, experimental filmmaker and teacher Martin Čihák takes a look at his teaching methods, his meetings with his students at FAMU and at a park where they work with film, or in his studio.

Ratings

Where to Watch

Stream

DocAlliance Films

Rent

Streaming data provided by JustWatch

Director

Cast

Martin Čihák

Himself

Janusz Klimsza

J. A. Komenský (voice)

Vladimir Georgiev

Mámil

Michal Juřica

Voice of God (voice)

Matěj Pospíšil

Academic

Jan Richtr

Kryštof Jankovec

Martin Mlynarič

Arithmetrici

Tomáš Oramus

Jan Kalužný

Ladislav Greiner

More Like This

7.8

Being James Bond

Movie

2021

6.2

Seduced and Abandoned

Movie

2013

7.6

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

Movie

2000

6.5

Heart of a Dog

Movie

2015

6.1

Room 237

Movie

2012

7.8

Jodorowsky's Dune

Movie

2013

7.4

I Am Heath Ledger

Movie

2017

6.9

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Movie

2003

7.0

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Movie

2004

7.2

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Movie

2015

6.5

Room 666

Movie

1982

6.1

Naqoyqatsi

Movie

2002