Hlubočepy () is a cadastral district of

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

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. In 2021 it had 23,461 inhabitants. In this cadastral district lies a neighbourhood called '' Barrandov'' which is famous for its film studios (

Barrandov Studios Barrandov Studios is a set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe. Barrandov has made several major Hollywood productions, including ''Mission: Impossible (film), ...

). The studios are now often called the "European Hollywood" or "Hollywood of the East" because of the increasing interest of western productions (such as the movies '' Mission Impossible'', '' The Bourne Identity'', '' Casino Royale'', '' Prince Caspian'', and many others). The name Barrandov is derived from the fossil-rich rocks which were studied by the French geologist Joachim Barrande.

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