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Emil Sirotek

Cinematographer · Died October 1, 1999, aged 62 · Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Born
March 20, 1937
Died
October 1, 1999 (aged 62)
From
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 59 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 18% in 30 days

What are Emil Sirotek's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
42%
Bonds
41%
Society
17%
Romantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Joyful
3
Hopeful
1

How their films linger

Feel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Emil Sirotek's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on AMC+ (1).

Subscription and free streaming for Emil Sirotek's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

59 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

  • Tomáš and the Falcon King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Cinematographer

  • Nebát se a nakrást (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • Delta of Venus(1995)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Řád (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Cinematographer

  • Arabela se vrací aneb Rumburak králem Říše pohádek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 26 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Stalingrad(1993)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Maigret(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Jestřábí moudrost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • Muka obraznosti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • Touches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Cinematographer · Actor

  • Pan Tau – der Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer · Special Effects

  • Když v ráji pršelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer

  • Merry Christmas Octopus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • The Octopuses from the Second Floor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • The Great Movie Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • The Octopuses from the Second Floor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 4 episodes · Camera Department Manager

  • The Halftime of Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Cinematographer

  • Všichni mají talent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Camera Operator

  • Rumburak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer

  • The Flying Cestmir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Hot autumn with the smell of mango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer

  • Incomplete Eclipse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Cinematographer

  • How the World Is Losing Poets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Cinematographer · as Camera Operator

  • Opera ve vinici (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Cinematographer

  • Mature Wine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • Krakonos a lyzníci(1981)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Arabela (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 13 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Mladý muz a bílá velryba(1979)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Jak se tocí Rozmaryny(1978)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Monkey's Playtime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Cinematographer

  • Boty plné vody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Cinematographer

  • Wine Working (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • Gentlemen, Boys(1976)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Romance for a Crown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Cinematographer

  • Night of Orange Fires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Cinematographer

  • How Do You Feed A Donkey? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • Quails and King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • About Show-White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Cinematographer

  • Lišáci – Myšáci a Šibeničák (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • On the Trail of Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Camera Operator

  • Objížďka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Camera Operator

  • Sedm havranů (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Camera Operator

  • Carriage to Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Camera Operator

  • Svatba s podmínkou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Camera Operator

  • Lov na mamuta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Camera Operator

  • Seven Days in a Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Camera Operator

  • A Place in the Crowd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Camera Operator

  • Deváté jméno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Camera Operator

  • Spanilá jízda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Camera Operator

  • Fortress on the Rhine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Assistant Camera

  • The Stress of Youth(1962)

    Assistant Camera

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Day the Tree Blooms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Assistant Camera

  • Osení (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Assistant Camera

  • Lidé jako ty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Assistant Camera

  • Konec cesty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Assistant Camera

  • Jak se Franta naučil bát (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Assistant Camera

  • The Bear and the Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Assistant Camera

Career shape

A full career of 59 titles from 1959 to 2000.

Highest rated

Gentlemen, Boys (1976)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Krakonos a lyzníci (1981)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 59: 2 only acting, 2 with another roleCinematography37 of 59: 34 only cinematography, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew21 of 59: 20 only other crew, 1 with another role

59 titles, 3 with more than one role — cinematography and other crew overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1950s2 · crew1960s15 · crew1970s14 · 1 acting · 13 crew1980s19 · 3 acting · 18 crew1990s8 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Emil Sirotek's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · cinematographer

Delta of Venus (1995)

71st percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Maigret (1991)

Midcredits 88th · 87% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Emil Sirotek work with?

People who share at least 2 of Emil Sirotek's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Věra Plívová-Šimková shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers