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Czech Lion Award For Best Sound
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 Sound is award given to the Czech film with best Sound. Winners External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech Lion Award For Best Sound Czech Lion Awards Awards established in 1994 1994 establishments in the Czech Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Lion Awards
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 Film and Television Academy (ČFTA). Eligible films must have been released in the year prior to the awards ceremony. Categories * Best Film * Best Director * Best Screenplay * Best Cinematography * Best Music Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation ... * Best Editing * Best Sound * Best Actor in Leading Role * Best Actress in Leading Role * Best Supporting Actor * Best Supporting Actress * Unique Contribution to Czech Film * Most Popular Film * Best Documentary * Best Film Poster Czech Lion winners Single films wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobruk (2008 Film)
''Tobruk'' is a 2008 film written and directed by Václav Marhoul and starring Jan Meduna and Petr Vanek. It is an adaptation of the classic 1895 American Civil War novel ''The Red Badge of Courage'' by Stephen Crane, but transfers the action to North Africa during World War II. Plot Jiří and Jan are two Czech soldiers, fighting alongside the Allied forces against the Italians during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiří Pospichal, 18 years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak 11th Infantry Battalion. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death. All this takes its cruel toll in the shape of his gradual loss of self-respect and courage. Cast *Jan Meduna as Private Pospíchal *Petr Vanek as Private Lieberman *Robert Nebřenský as Corporal Kohák *Krystof Rímský as Private Kutina Production The film was co-financed by ČD Cargo, HBO Europe, JCDe ... [...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] |
Charlatan (2020 Film)
''Charlatan'' ( cs, Šarlatán) is a 2020 Czech-Polish-Irish-Slovak drama directed by Agnieszka Holland based loosely on the healer Jan Mikolášek (1889–1973), who cured hundreds of people using plant-based remedies. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards making the February shortlist. It won five awards including Best Film at the 2021 Czech Lion Awards. Plot The life of , a well-known and successful Czech healer, who diagnosed and healed people using his intuition and his familiarity with plants. His remedies and prescriptions, although mostly plant-based, included lifestyle and dietary changes. He healed not only poor people from the villages but also many well-known people, including the Czechoslovak President, Antonín Zápotocký. Mikolášek's diagnostic methods and notorious healing got the attention of Czechoslovakia's government. He was finally arrested after strychnine was found in the bodies of two men ... [...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] |
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] |
A Prominent Patient
''A Prominent Patient'' ( cs, Masaryk) is a 2016 Czech-Slovak biographical drama film directed by Julius Ševčík. It was screened in the Berlinale Special section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. It won twelve Czech Lions including the Czech Lion for Best Film. The film was first screened in Lucerna Kino. Plot The film is set in the years 1937-1939. It shows the life of Jan Masaryk when he was the Czechoslovak ambassador to the United Kingdom. The film starts with the death of the first Czechoslovak president and Jan's father Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Jan becomes Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Czechoslovakia faces aggression from Nazi Germany, which supports the Sudeten Germans. Masaryk tries to persuade the United Kingdom to help his homeland but the Munich Agreement is eventually settled and Czechoslovakia is forced to give up its borderlands to Germany. Jan Masaryk is devastated and leaves to the United States. He ends up in a sanatorium due to his psycholo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way Out (2014 Film)
''The Way Out'' (Czech: ''Cesta ven''; French: ''Je m’en sortirai'') is a 2014 Czech-French social drama film directed by Czech director Petr Václav. It premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film won seven Czech Lion awards, including selected Best Czech Film of 2014 and Best Director. According to ''Variety'', ''The Way Out'' is a story of a "young gypsy The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ... woman trying to lead a 'normal' life ..in a constant battle against prejudice and her own community's entrenched behavior." References External links * * Cesta venat CSFD 2014 films 2010s Czech-language films Czech drama films Czech Lion Awards winners (films) Golden Kingfisher winners Czech Film Critics' Awards winners French drama films {{2 ... [...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] |