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List Of Most Expensive Czech Films
This is a list of the most expensive Czech films, with budgets given in Czech korunas. Most expensive Czech films Record-holders See also * List of most expensive films * List of most expensive non-English-language films * List of highest-grossing films * List of highest-grossing Czech films Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech films, most expensive Lists of Czech films, Expensive Lists of most expensive films, Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval (film)
''Medieval'' (''Jan Žižka'' or ''Warrior of God'') is a 2022 English-language Czech historical drama film directed by Petr Jákl. It is about the life of Jan Žižka, a Bohemian military commander who never lost a battle. The film is set prior to the Hussite Wars (1419–1434), when Žižka was young. It tells the story of how Žižka became a famous military commander. With a budget of KČ500 million ($20.3 million), it is the most expensive Czech film ever made. Plot In the 14th century, Wenceslas IV is the king of Bohemia and Roman emperor at the same time. Wenceslas has received the throne after his father Charles IV, but his reign is not as successful, and the kingdom seems to fall apart under his weak rule. The country is actually ruled by Henry III of Rosenberg, the most powerful nobleman in the country. The film follows Jan Žižka, a knight, mercenary, and future leader of the Hussite army who leads a mercenary group. Žižka is tasked by Lord Boresh to kidnap Rose ... [...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] |
The Emperor And The Golem
''The Emperor and the Golem'' ( cs, Císařův pekař a pekařův císař) is a two-part Czechoslovak historical fantasy comedy film produced in 1951. The film is set during the reign of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and was filmed in color (not common for Czechoslovak films in that period), because of the international release. It is one of the best known films of Jan Werich, who's performing a dual role of Emperor Rudolf and baker Matěj. Plot Part I Aging and eccentric Emperor Rudolf II, who is obsessed with finding the Golem, refuses to hear out ambassadors and falls into destructive fits. Later he welcomes Magister Edward Kelley at Prague Castle and shows him his alchemist laboratory. All the alchemists are either charlatans or fools. Rudolf wants alchemist Scotta to make him an elixir of youth and pressures him into performing a magic ritual at night. While performing the ritual, they accidentally stumble upon the Golem. However the Golem can't be awakened without a little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temno (film)
''Temno'' (Czech "darkness") is a 1950 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Steklý after the novel ''Darkness'' by Alois Jirásek. Cast * Otýlie Beníšková * Zdeněk Bittl * Vítězslav Bocek * Ladislav Boháč * Terezie Brzková * Gabriela Bártlová * Otto Čermák * Eduard Cupák * Rudolf Deyl Rudolf Deyl (6 July 1912 – 21 November 1967) was a Czechoslovak actor. His father Rudolf Deyl Sr. was also an actor. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deyl, Rudolf Jr. 1912 births 1967 deaths Czec ... * Karel Dostál * Eman Fiala References External links * 1950 films 1950s historical drama films Czechoslovak drama films 1950s Czech-language films Czech black-and-white films Czechoslovak black-and-white films Films based on works by Alois Jirásek Films directed by Karel Steklý Czech historical drama films 1950 drama films 1950s Czech films {{1950s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Želary
''Želary'' is a 2003 Czech/Slovak film directed by Ondřej Trojan and starring Anna Geislerová. The film received a 2004 Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It was produced by Barrandov Studios in Prague. The film is adapted from two works by Czech novelist Květa Legátová - "Želary", a collection of short stories published in 2001, and her 2002 book, "Jozova Hanule". Plot In the 1940s Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Eliška is a nurse who works alongside her lover, Richard, a respected surgeon. They are part of an underground resistance network that has formed to help those in danger of persecution from the Nazis. Eliška acts as a messenger. One night, Richard responds to an emergency call to a patient needing a risky operation. Because she has the same blood type, Eliška gives blood for the transfusion. Days later, she arrives at Richard's apartment to find their friend, Slávek, with news that the Gestapo has apprehended two ... [...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] |
Kajínek
''Kajínek'' is a 2010 Czech action drama film directed by Petr Jákl. The film received an award at the Festival International du Film Policier de Liege 2011. The film is based on the story of Jiří Kajínek, who managed to escape from a strictly guarded prison in the Mírov fortress. Cast * Konstantin Lavronenko as Jiří Kajínek (voiced by Jan Šťastný) * Tatiana Vilhelmová as JUDr. Klára Pokorová * Bogusław Linda as Mr. Doležal (voiced by Jan Vondráček) * Vladimír Dlouhý as Novotný * Michal Dlouhý as Lejčko *Ken Duken as Bukovský (voiced by Jaromír Nosek) *Václav Noid Bárta as Venca Křížek *Alice Bendová as Alice Křížková * Werner Daehn as Perner * Deana Horváthová as Judge * Hynek Čermák as Prison Officer Pakosta * Jana Krausová as Mrs. Doležalová * Daniel Daden Svoboda as Commander of URNA In Buddhist art and culture, the Urna (more correctly ūrṇā or ūrṇākośa (Pāli uṇṇa), and known as in Chinese) is a spiral or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajka
Lajka (in English: ''Laika'') is a 2017 Czech science fiction comedy animated film. It is inspired by Soviet space dog Laika. Plot In the Soviet town of Baikonur, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan, a female stray dog is captured while scavenging for food to feed her puppies. She is named Laika and brought to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, local spaceport. Professor Voroljov and his assistant Kokotov begin preparing Laika for space travel. On the day before the launch, Laika manages to get out of her cage and visits the space rocket. Then she returns for her puppies and smuggles them into the rocket. The following day she is launched into space along with her pups hidden in the rocket. The news of Laika's travel to space arrive to the United States. The Americans, in response, send a chimpanzee named Ham (chimpanzee), Ham to space. Ham is soon followed by other rockets with various animals. All rockets arrive at a planet named Qem. They meet the natives of the planet and are ... [...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] |
Lidice (film)
''Lidice'' (also known as ''Fall of the Innocent'' in the UK) is a 2011 Czech language, Czech drama film produced by Adam Dvořák from a screenplay by Zdenek Mahler. It was initially directed by Alice Nellis, but after she contracted Lyme disease (borreliosis), Petr Nikolaev took over. It tells a story involving the Nazi massacre at—and destruction of—the Czech village of Lidice. It was released in June 2011. The film is streaming on Amazon Prime under the title ''Fall of the Innocent'' (US, 15 April 2018). The budget of the film was around 65–70 million Czech koruna, Kč (around USD, US $4 million). Plot The film is presented as a true story set during World War II. With the German takeover of Europe under way, the deputy ''Reichsprotektor'' Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, occupied country. In Lidice, the film's main protagonist, František Ším ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Mistress (2016 Film)
''The Devil's Mistress'' is a 2016 Czech–Slovak historical biography film directed by Filip Renč and produced by Jiří Jurtin. The film stars the Slovak actress Tatiana Pauhofová who plays Lída Baarová, the mistress of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Lída Baarová was a star actress in Czechoslovakia, later moving to Germany to appear in the film ''Barcarole''. There, she would be roped into the life of Joseph Goebbels and into the political lives of the Nazi Party elite. Synopsis and summary The film largely centers around the experiences of Lída Baarová and her feelings regarding the moral dilemma of being romantically involved with a senior Nazi officer. Political and social turmoil within the early Nazi Germany are also shown, with the ending of the film featuring the events of Kristallnacht. Jewish persecution is also a feature of this film, but this is opposed by the colorful depictions of Nazi brass engaging in quaint social festivities. The film nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
