Cinema of the Czech Republic

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EUROPEAN CINEMA

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The Czech Republic (both as an independent country and as a part of former Czechoslovakia) was a seedbed for many acclaimed film directors.

Three Czech/Czechoslovak movies that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film were The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos in 1965, Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky) by Jiří Menzel in 1967 and Kolya (Kolja) by Jan Svěrák in 1996. Several others were nominated.

The Czechoslovak New Wave is a term used for the early works of directors Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Menzel and others. In the middle 1960s, influenced by Italian neorealism, they made several films based on absurd humour and unscripted dialogues of (usually amateur) actors. The Firemen's Ball (Hoří, má panenko) directed by Forman is supposed to be the greatest example.

List of notable Czech directors

• Věra Chytilová
• Miloš Forman
• Jiří Menzel
• Jan Svěrák
• Oldřich Lipský
• František Vláčil
• Jan Hřebejk
• Petr Zelenka
• Jan Švankmajer
• Karel Reisz, Czech-born British director
• Ivan Passer
• Jaromil Jireš
• Bohdan Sláma

See also

• Barrandov Studios - Prague's famous film studios (Hollywood of the East).
• prestigious Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

External links

• [GreenCine primer on Czech and Slovak Cinema]

 

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