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Jiří Trnka and the Czech Year (aka Špalíček)

Puppet animation is a traditional Czech art form, of which Jiří Trnka became the undisputed master. Most of his movies were intended for adults and many were adaptations of literary works. Špalíček (The Czech Year), also called A Treasury of Fairy-Tales, is a 1947 stop-motion-animated feature film from Czechoslovakia. It was a defining moment for Trnka...

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April 18, 2017

The Pagan Queen Libuše and the Founding of Prague

Last night we watched a rare film, The Pagan Queen (2009), a historic romance with fantasy elements set in the dark ages, 700 AD. Rare perhaps, because most films that deal with the Middle Ages are known for Tolkien lore and magic whereas this film deals more with Paganism in the early Medieval period and...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

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April 7, 2017

Lída Baarová: The Devil’s Mistress Movie

Last night we watched an interesting movie about the Czech actress, Lída Baarová. It’s a fictional work based on the real life of the actress and her affair with the Nazi Party’s Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, which lasted from September 1936 until August 1938. It’s an interpretation of her life and affair, and not a...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

March 31, 2017

Tuskegee Airmen Fly Red Tails from the Czech Republic

The film Red Tails takes place in Italy, 1944. We’re posting about it today because it was filmed in 9 filming locations, the main “base camp” in the Czech Republic. Other locations include, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, San Rafael, California, Skywalker Ranch, San Rafael, California, Hamilton Air Force Base, Novato, California, Kerner Optical Sound Stages, San Rafael, California, and Prague Studios,...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

March 28, 2017

The Homolka Trilogy of Films

Ecce homo Homolka, or in English, Behold Homolka (1970) It is a beautiful Sunday, and the Homolka family is having a typical Czech picnic in a forest not far from Prague. The grandfather and grandmother have settled comfortably in the grass, their son Ludva romps about in the river with his two young twin sons,...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

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February 28, 2017

Czech Animation Classic Fantastic Planet

It took the Czechs five years to animate Divoká planeta, which literally translates to ‘The Wild Planet‘, a film more known by its French name La Planète sauvage or, for our English speaking friends, Fantastic Planet. The French came to the Czechs for their cutout stop-motion science fiction techniques for this film, directed by René...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

February 5, 2017

Vampire in a Highrise – Upír ve věžáku

Today we’re sharing another film with Czech child actor, Tomáš Holý. It’s a family film entitled Upír ve věžáku (Vampire in a Highrise). This Czech comedy was made for television in 1979 is one hour in length and we found it airing on YouTube. It’s a story of a little boy with a very big imagination. Tomáš...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

January 20, 2017

Czech Style West Side Story in Starci na Chmelu

If you are a West Side Story fan and you loved the singing and dancing mixed with youthful rebellion and angst, then you’ll enjoy Czech-made Starci na Chmelu (Called Green Gold or The Hop Pickers in English), a 1964 musical filmed in the hop fields of then called Czechoslovakia. The film feels very West Side Story-ish and...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

January 16, 2017

Burning Bush – Jan Palach Remembered

Today marks the anniversary of the death of Jan Palach and in his honor, we are sharing a film we recently watched about him and what he means to the people of the Czech Republic. In January 1969, Czechoslovakia was under Soviet occupation following an August invasion to crush the liberal reforms of Alexander Dubcek’s...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

January 8, 2017

Tomáš Holý in the Bohemian Forest – Trilogy of Films

A few days ago we had a three movie marathon with our favorite Czech child actor, Tomáš Holý. Writing the post on The Ancient Bohemian Forest Known as Šumava, I remembered that we had these films and it was so windy and stormy outside, it was the perfect day to make popcorn, bake brownies, pull...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

December 16, 2016

Vánoční Sen aka The Christmas Dream

The Christmas Dream or in Czech, Vánoční sen, is a Czechoslovakian animated stop-motion short film from 1945 created by Karel Zeman and Bořivoj Zeman, also known as the Zeman Brothers. The provided excerpt offers just a glimpse into the extensive article. To unlock the full content, become a Patreon patron. Our team meticulously gathers and curates valuable...

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October 21, 2016

Feature Films Starring the City of Prague

The capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, is not only a beautiful and very popular tourist destination – it’s also one of the most popular film locations Europe. In the last twenty years, since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has been called upon to provide the backdrop to many blockbusters. Today we’re looking at...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

October 19, 2016

Bohumil Hrabal’s Too Loud A Solitude

Genuinely beautiful and artistic puppetry short films like Too Loud a Solitude certainly deserve more recognition. What a delight it was to be contacted by Greg Bachar, the Outreach Coordinator for the new film, Too Loud a Solitude. The film is based on Czech Writer Bohumil Hrabal’s beloved novella, Too Loud A Solitude (Příliš hlučná samota, 1976). This...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

August 29, 2016

Watch This: The Vengeance of She with Olinka Berova

The Vengeance of She is a 1968 British fantasy film directed by Cliff Owen and made by 20th Century Fox. It stars Czech actress Olinka Berova (aka Olga Schoberová) and John Richardson. It was made by Hammer Films as a loose sequel to the 1965 hit film She which starred Ursula Andress. The character Kallikrates, played by John Richardson, is the...

CULTURE, Movies

July 11, 2016

Czechoslovakia 1968: The Award Winning Documentary

Czechoslovakia 1968 is a short documentary film about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, composed entirely of sepia toned archival footage. It was produced in 1969 and it focuses primarily on “Prague Spring”, also known as the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. The provided excerpt offers just a glimpse into the extensive article. To unlock the...

ENTERTAINMENT, History, Movies

February 29, 2016

Alexander Hammid and the Avant Garde

Alexandr Hackenschmied (December 17, 1907 – 26 July 26, 2004). He was one of the most significant personalities of Czech film and photograph avant-garde. In the beginning of the 1930’s, he was a distinct promoter of world avant-garde movements and he organized one of the first avant-garde film projections in Prague, showing various films including those...

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