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Czech Lion Award For Best Film Poster
Czech Lion Award The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Fi ... for Best Film Poster is award given to the Czech film with best Film Poster. Winners External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech Lion Award For Best Film Poster Czech Lion Awards Awards established in 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zátopek (film)
''Zátopek'' is a 2021 Czech biographical film about Emil Zátopek. It is directed by David Ondříček and stars Václav Neužil. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Plot Ron Clarke competes at 1968 Summer Olympics but fails to win any medal. Feeling disappointed that he might have lost his last chance to win an Olympics medal he starts to doubt his career and decides to meet Emil Zátopek whom he adores. The film is about their dialogue during which audience can learn retrospectively about Zátopek's sport career and his life. Cast * Václav Neužil as Emil Zátopek * Martha Issová as Dana Zátopková * as Josef Dostál * James Frecheville as Ron Clarke * Gabriel Andrews as Ron's Trainer * Sinead Phelps as Helen * Sean Brodeur as English Soldier * Anna Schmidtmajerová as Dana's friend * Filipp Mogilnitskiy as Soviet journalist * Roy McCrerey as English Commentator * Daniela Hirsh as Translator * Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protector (2009 Film)
''Protector'' ( cs, Protektor) is a 2009 Czech film directed by Marek Najbrt. It is a story of Hana and Emil Vrbata, a couple living in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, during World War II. The general reception by the Czech press and the audience was extremely positive. It was selected as the Czech Republic's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. Plot It is 1938 and the Nazis are just one step away from invading and occupying Czechoslovakia. Hana is a young Czech film actress who also happens to be Jewish. She has just appeared in her first feature with her leading man, an older Jewish actor, who warns her that her career is over. He furthermore tells her that their picture will "never see the light of day" due to the fact that the Nazis will never allow its release. He hands her a forged passport and papers to get out of the country but she throws them in the trash, not believing what he says about the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Painted Bird (film)
''The Painted Bird'' ( cs, Nabarvené ptáče) is a 2019 internationally co-produced black and white war drama film written, directed and produced by Václav Marhoul. It is an adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same name. It is the first film to feature the Interslavic language; Marhoul stated that he decided to use Interslavic so that no Slavic nation would nationally identify with the story. ''The Painted Bird'' was selected to play in competition at the 76th Venice International Film Festival and was chosen for 2019 Toronto International Film Festival as part of Special Presentations. The film also screened in the Dare strand at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards making the December shortlist. Its brutal scenes led to walkouts from audiences at the Venice, Toronto and London film festivals. At the 35th Warsaw International Film Festival, the audience honored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toman (film)
''Toman'' (also known as ''Zdeněk Toman'') is a 2018 Czech historical film by Ondřej Trojan. It focuses on Zdeněk Toman, who led Czechoslovak intelligence from 1945 to 1948. It premiered at Slavonice Film Festival on 2 August 2018. Plot The film follows the rise and fall of Zdeněk Toman, Head of Czechoslovak Intelligence from 1945 to 1948. The film starts in April 1948 when Toman is interrogated by Inspector Putna. The film then moves to March 1945 when Toman was repatriation officer in Carpathian Ruthenia. He comes into conflict with NKVD officers who insist that nobody will be repatriated from Carpathian Ruthenia as it will become part of Soviet Union. Toman bribes NKVD officers and later meets Imrich Rosenberg. Rosenberg asks Toman to help repatriate Jews from Carpathian Ruthenia. Toman agrees to help for money. Toman later organises a meeting of the exiled Czechoslovak government in Košice. He meets Václav Nosek, who agrees to help him with his career. Nosek helps T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Po Strništi Bos
Po strništi bos (English - Barefoot, or Barefoot on Stalks) is a 2017 Czech war comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. It is a prequel to ''The Elementary School''. Plot The film follows the young boy Eda Souček and his extended family during World War II. The family has to move to his family's home in the countryside home because Eda's father refuses to Heil in his job. Eda makes new friends and gets used to life in village. He also meets his uncle who is known as Vlk. Vlk doesn't get along with rest of the family because he tried to strangle his mother. Eda eventually befriends Vlk. Life in the village is influenced by war. Cast * Alois Grec as Eda * Tereza Voříšková as Mother * Ondřej Vetchý as Father * Oldřich Kaiser as Vlk * Jan Tříska as Grandfather * Viera Pavlíková as Grandmother * Hynek Čermák as Uncle * Petra Špalková as Aunt * Zdeněk Svěrák as Headmaster * Václav Hubka as Ota * Niklas Klinecký as Satík * Josef Bedlivý as Prcek * Petr Uhlí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I, Olga Hepnarová
''I, Olga Hepnarová'' ( cs, Já, Olga Hepnarová) is a 2016 internationally co-produced drama film, directed by Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda, about Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975). She was a Czechoslovakian mass murderer, who on 10 July 1973, killed eight people with a truck in Prague. The film was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 78% based on 27 reviews, and an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "As stark and riveting as its cinematography, 'I, Olga Hepnarová' takes a sober, haunting look at the life leading up to a woman's horrific real-life crime." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Glenn Kenny wrote review for The New York Times, "Anchored by a startling performance by Michalina Olszanska, the Czech film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snake Brothers
The Snake Brothers ( cs, Kobry a užovky, literally ''Cobras and Grass Snakes'') is a 2015 Czech crime drama film directed by Jan Prušinovský. The film is set in a small Czech town Kralupy nad Vltavou in central Bohemia, Czech Republic. Cast * Matěj Hádek as Vojtěch "Grass Snake" Šťastný * Kryštof Hádek as Petr "Cobra" Šťastný * Jan Hájek as Tomáš * Lucie Žáčková as Zůza * David Máj as Ládík * Věra Kubánková as Grandma * Jana Šulcová - as Mother * Lucie Polišenská as Kača Reception The film has received generally positive reviews. It holds 74% at Kinobox, a Czech film review aggregator. Awards The Screenplay was awarded by Film foundation in 2011. The film won Best Actor Award at 2015 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Kryštof Hádek. Kryštof noted that the award belongs to his brother Matěj too. In March 2016 the film won the Czech Lion The Czech Lion Awards ( cs, Český lev) are annual awards that recognize accomplishme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair Play (2014 Film)
''Fair Play'' is a 2014 Czech drama film directed by Andrea Sedláčková. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Plot Set in Czechoslovakia in 1983, the film tells the story of Anna, a sprinter who is hoping to compete in the Olympics, and is selected into the national team. She is placed in a special state-run medical treatment where she is given anabolic steroids (" Stromba") by her trainer. Her performance increases but later discovers the negative effect of taking the steroids, causing her to stop using them. Anna's father escaped Czechoslovakia for the West which takes a toll of her mother's career, as she is unable to find any decent job. Additionally, she is under frequent surveillance of the secret service. She sees her daughter's participation in the Olympic Games as the opportunity for Anna to emigrate, so she secretly continues to give her the injections of steroids. She also has co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Bush (mini-series)
''Burning Bush'' ( cs, Hořící keř) is a 2013 three-part miniseries created for HBO by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in 1969 in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in the previous year. Dagmar Burešová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Palach's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach’s sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia. The fight for freedom, for moral principles, self-sacrifice and protest in those desperate times led to the moral unification of a repressed nation, which twenty years later defeated the totalitarian regime. The anniversary of Jan Palach’s death inspired a new generation of students to start protests that led to the eventual fall of communism in Czechoslovakia, part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Shadow (2012 Film)
''In the Shadow'' ( cs, Ve stínu) is a 2012 Czech crime film directed by David Ondříček. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. Cast * Ivan Trojan as Captain Hakl * Sebastian Koch as Major Zenke * Soňa Norisová as Jitka * Jiří Štěpnička as Pánek * David Švehlík as Beno * Marek Taclík as Bareš * Filip Antonio as Tom * Martin Myšička as Jílek * Miroslav Krobot as Kirsch * Halka Třešňáková as translator * Simona Babčáková as researcher Awards ''In the Shadow'' won nine Czech Lions at the 2012 awards. See also * List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Czech Republic has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1994 (after the split of Czechoslovakia in January 1993). However, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Nebel
''Alois Nebel'' is a 2011 Czech animated drama film directed by Tomáš Luňák, based on the comic-book trilogy by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99. It is set in the late 1980s in a small village in the Jeseník Mountains, close to the Polish border, and tells the story of a train dispatcher who begins to suffer from hallucinations where the present converges with the dark past of the expulsion of Germans after World War II. The black-and-white film was animated mainly through rotoscoping and stars Miroslav Krobot as the title character. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. The film was submitted and won European Film Awards for Best Animated Film. Cast * Miroslav Krobot as Alois Nebel * Marie Ludvíková as Květa * Leoš Noha as Wachek * Karel Roden as The Mute * Alois Švehlík as Old Wachek * Ondřej Malý as Olda * Jan Sedal as Šokin * Tereza Voříšková as Dorothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kooky
''Kooky'' ( cs, Kuky se vrací, literally "Kuky returns", a pun on '' Lassie se vrací'') is a 2010 Czech action comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film combines techniques of puppet animation, stop motion and live action. It tells the story of a six-year-old asthmatic boy whose parents throw his favorite toy away, an old teddy bear named Kooky. The boy, however, secretly sneaks out of the house at night (without his boots and being dressed only in his pajamas), to retrieve Kooky from the garbage can and bring him back home. Due to that, the boy gets ill. In his feverish dreams, Kooky comes to life in the landfill, escapes into a mysterious forest and begins its journey amongst the rough-and-ready creatures of the forest. Background Jan Svěrák initially planned to create a film depicting the world viewed from the perspective of a dog who survives floods; however, he changed his plans after he retold parts of the story to his son Ondřej. The film was inspired by the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |