A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father Ivo Špalj talk about his life, career, and working methods. Over the course of his long life, sound designer Ivo Špalj (*1940) has collaborated on hundreds of films and become a mentor for at least one generation of men and women behind the mixing board. This gentle documentary also shows “Engi” (as he is known to his colleagues) again working with Jan Švankmajer, whose films he has lent their typical, dense, and sophisticated sound mix.

Když se mezi českými filmovými profesionály vysloví slovo „Inža“, každému se hned vybaví zvukový mistr Ing. Ivo Špalj. Ten věnoval šedesát let svého života tvorbě filmového zvuku pro animované, hrané i dokumentární filmy, jejichž počet nelze skoro ani spočítat.