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Film Fans Award (Czech Lion Awards)
Film Fans Award is an award given as part of 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 Fi ... ceremony. It is given to the film that received highest number of votes from film fans. Winners External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Film Fans Award Awards for best film Czech Lion Awards Awards established in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nineties (TV Series)
Nineties ( cz, Devadesátky) is a Czech crime television series that serves as a prequel to Případy 1. oddělení. The series is based on real criminal cases investigated by Czech Police. Main characters are based on real life investigators and other people. The cases reflect some of the most famous real criminal cases of the modern Czech Republic (, Orlík killers). Nineties became most watched Czech TV series since 2004 with average viewership of 2.23 millions viewers older 15 years and with an average audience share of 47.51%. Cast Main * Kryštof Bartoš as por. Tomáš Kozák * Martin Finger as kpt. Václav Plíšek * Ondřej Sokol as npor. František Tůma * Vasil Fridrich as mjr. Ivan Pauřík * Robert Mikluš as npor. Josef Korejs Supporting * Patricie Pagáčová as Ivana Kozáková * Štěpánka Fingerhutová as prostitute Jana * Bořek Slezáček as Alexej * Kateřina Marešová as Lucie Nováková * Martin Stránský as plk. Otakar Duchoň * Pavel Batěk as p ... [...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 Editing * Best Sound This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow List of film awards, film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awa ... * 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 with m ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Anthropoid (film)
''Anthropoid'' is a 2016 war film directed by Sean Ellis and starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerová, Harry Lloyd, and Toby Jones. It was written by Ellis and Anthony Frewin. It tells the story of Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Operation Anthropoid, the World War II assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak government-in-exile, exiled Czechoslovak soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš on 27 May 1942. It was released on 12 August 2016 in the United States and 9 September 2016 in the United Kingdom. Plot In December 1941, German occupation in Europe has neared its height. Two agents from the Czechoslovak government-in-exile, Czechoslovak exile government, a Slovaks, Slovak soldier, Jozef Gabčík (Cillian Murphy) and a Czechs, Czech, Jan Kubiš (Jamie Dornan) are parachuted into their German occupation of Czechoslovakia, occupied country. Jozef is injured when he crashes through a tree upon landing, but both men set out to find thei ... [...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] |
Daniel Svátek
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames. Background The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames ( Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew; "Dan" may also be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women On The Run (2019 Film)
Women on the Run (Czech title ''Ženy v běhu'') is a 2019 Czech comedy film directed by Martin Horský. The film became the most successful Czech directorial debut when it was viewed by more than 1 million people after 42 days. The film eventually grossed 200 million CZK becoming the highest-grossing Czech film. Plot summary Cast * Zlata Adamovská as Věra * Tereza Kostková as Marcela * Veronika Khek Kubařová as Bára * Jenovéfa Boková as Kačka * Ondřej Vetchý as Karel * Vladimír Polívka as Vojta * Martin Hofmann as Josef * Samuel Gyertyák as * Michaela Sodomková as * David Kraus as Jirka * Bolek Polívka Boleslav Polívka (born 31 July 1949, in Vizovice) is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films. Career Polívka first started appearing in films in the 1960s. He graduated from t ... as Jindřich References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Women on the Run 2019 films Czech comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caught In The Net (2020 Film)
''Caught in the Net'' ( cz, V síti) is a 2020 Czech documentary film by Vít Klusák about sexual predators on the internet. The film documents three actresses pretending to be adolescent girls on social media who are contacted by sexual predators that try to seduce them and start sending them photos of their genitalia. Sexual predators appearing in the film attracted focus of police after the release of the film and at least one of them was convicted at the court. The film was crowdfunded through HitHit during which filmmakers raised 3 million Czech koruna. The film was named Best Documentary of 2020 at the 2021 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 Fi .... Cast *Tereza Těžká *Anežka Pithartová *Sabina Dlouhá *Vít Klusák Release The film released ... [...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] |