Batalives (2018)

In the 1920s, Tomas Baťa and his stepbrother Jan Antonín Baťa, entrepreneurs from Zlin, Czechoslovakia, began establishing new cities worldwide to expand their business. Over the next decades, about fifty towns were built on their unique social and architectural model, but only a few remain today. Our film explores the lives of people in these surviving “Bata cities”: Zlín in the Czech Republic, Bata-Borovo in Croatia, Batanagar in India, Bataypora in Brazil, and Batadorp in the Netherlands. Characters like Matea, Shona, Bé, Henrik, and Věra, despite their differences, are linked by their shared history. The film questions how the vision of a brilliant business dreamer has evolved nearly 100 years later.

Cast (1)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Martin Siničák

Commentary (voice)

If you liked Batalives, you might also like…

92% match

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

2022

91% match

S4: The Bob Lazar Story

2026

85% match

Black Sheep

2018

85% match

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013

79% match

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski

2018

71% match

Seduced and Abandoned

2013

68% match

A Toxic Love Story

2026

70% match

My Mom Jayne

2025

65% match

John Wick Chapter 2: Wick-vizzed

2017

60% match

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003

60% match

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

2010

60% match

I Am Heath Ledger

2017

60% match

Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis

2019

60% match

180° South

2010

60% match

Above Majestic

2018

60% match

Counterpunch

2017

60% match

Dawg Fight

2015

60% match

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four

2015

60% match

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

1991

60% match

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

2019

Similar films

California Company Town

2008

With Sea Views

2021

Skerry Fairy-Tale

1994

Matewan

1987

The Molly Maguires

1970

Quatermass 2

1957

Bebe Zeva

2011

A Reggae Session

1988

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder

2022

Youth: The 50th National High School Baseball Tournament

1968

Etna

1977

In Pursuit of a Collective

2025