He liked humor but was very strict on set. Director Karel Kachyňa hated the phrase “it doesn’t work”. He said that when it was played on the set, he had to “make a bad old man”. His films managed to entertain, even if they were often sad. This year marks 100 years since the famous … Read more
A crane lifts a meter-wide piece of wall, white on one side, spray-painted with cheerful graffiti on the other, and sets it aside. People applaud. Confused police officers have flowers tucked into the holes of their green uniforms. It is November 1989, and the hero of Ian McEwan’s new novel is being pushed by a … Read more
A crane lifts a meter-wide piece of wall, white on one side, spray-painted with cheerful graffiti on the other, and sets it aside. People applaud. Confused police officers have flowers tucked into the holes of their green uniforms. It is November 1989, and the hero of Ian McEwan’s new novel is being pushed by a … Read more
“When the camera was on, I experienced incredible moments of pride – in those moments when the characters were incredibly proud of what they had accomplished,” recalls the actor Vojtěch Kotek during the filming of the film Waves about events on the Czechoslovak Radio in 1967-1968. “It didn’t turn out well then, but those people … Read more
Bohdan Holomíček’s photographs are an extraordinary visual chronicle of our lives. They capture ordinary moments, such as the photographer’s father drinking water from a forest well, as well as events that went down in history – such as the year 1968. The Torst publishing house is now preparing his new book, which captures the years … Read more
Viewers have another opportunity to get to know the story of the group of brothers Mašín. Two films about them are coming to cinemas – one live, the other a documentary. However, one of the main heroes of the films, Josef Mašín, does not intend to come to the Czech Republic this time after many … Read more
Illustrative photo Source: Getty Images BRATISLAVA – Slovak native Ján Geleta, who will celebrate his eightieth birthday on September 13, was for many years one of the mainstays of Prague’s Dukla, with whom he won two championship titles in 1964 and 1966 and played for the European Champions Cup. The agile midfielder was also active … Read more
CTK Updated 2 hours ago Actress and chanson singer Chantal Poullain received the highest state award, the Order of the Legion of Honor, at the French Embassy in Prague this Tuesday. She received it for the long-term mutual enrichment of Czech and French culture, as well as for the fact that she permanently contributed to … Read more
She was perhaps the first female star in the history of Czech rock. Yvonne Přenosilová, one of the most famous singers of the 1960s, died at the age of 76. She sang the hits Boots against love, Roň slyz, Klípek and So empty. After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, she went into exile, ending … Read more
The T148 began to be produced in the early seventies as a result of several years of work on the modernization of the existing T138. It was supposed to solve some of the car’s shortcomings. The T138 entered the market as a successor to the popular, but significantly out-of-service Tatra 111, created already during the … Read more