Czech cinema comprises the cinema of Czech Republic as well as cinema while this country was a part of other countries.
Český rozhlas (CRo) is the public radio broadcaster of the Czech Republic operating continuously since 1923. It is the oldest radio broadcaster in continental Europe and the second oldest in Europe after the BBC. Český Rozhlas was established in 1992 by the Czech Radio Act, which sets out the framework for its operation and financing. It acts as the successor to the previous state-owned Czechoslovak Radio which ceased to exist by 1992.
Ivan Trojan is a Czech actor, widely considered to be one of the greatest Czech actors of all time. With four Czech Lions for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he has also won two for his supporting roles in Seducer and One Hand Can't Clap, making him the most awarded performer at the Czech Lion Awards.
Tales of Common Insanity (2001) is a play by Petr Zelenka which won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Play. After its opening in Prague, the play was staged in other Czech cities, as well as being translated and staged in a number of other countries. Zelenka wrote and directed a film adaptation of the comedy, which was released as Wrong Side Up in 2005 and was also highly successful.
Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends is a 2008 Czech animated fantasy comedy film produced and directed by Jan Tománek and written by Tománek with David Sláma. The first Czech-produced feature-length computer-animated film, it features animation by Art And Animation studios, and was released 19 May 2010 in the USA.
The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague or FAMU is a film school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. It is the fifth oldest film school in the world. The teaching language on most courses at FAMU is Czech, but FAMU also runs certain courses in English. The school has repeatedly been included on lists of the best film schools in the world by The Hollywood Reporter.
Iva Janžurová is a Czech actress. She attended school in České Budějovice and in 1963, she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964, she became the main member of Vinohrady Theatre and since 1988 has been a member of the National Theatre in Prague. She has appeared in many films, such as Což takhle dát si špenát, Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!, and the television series Hospital at the End of the City. In 1998 and 2002, she was awarded the Czech Lion for Best Actress.
Karel Hašler was a Czech songwriter, actor, lyricist, film and theatre director, composer, writer, dramatist, screenwriter and cabaretier. He was murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp.
Terapie (2011) is a Czech television series produced by HBO. Series format is taken from an Israeli series BeTipul (2005), from which came the American series In Treatment (2008).
Klára Melíšková is a Czech stage and film actress. She is married to the actor Lukáš Hlavica, daughter-in-law of actor and painter Miloš Hlavica and actress Růžena Merunková and sister-in-law Anna Bendová.
Wasteland is a Czech television series, which premiered in October 2016 on HBO Europe. Created by Štěpán Hulík, the series stars Zuzana Stivinova as the mayor of a small Czech town which is being bought up and razed by a coal mining company, leading to conflict between residents who want to preserve their traditional life and those who want to take the money and build a better life elsewhere. She loses a referendum allowing the mine to expand, in contravention of a 1991 law limiting brown coal mining in North Bohemia. At the same time, her daughter disappears, and what appears to be an attempt to silence her opposition to the coal mines suggests even deeper layers of political intrigue.
Medieval 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, it is the most expensive Czech film ever made.
Martina Gasparovič Bezoušková is a Czech theatre and film actress and teacher.
Jiří Langmajer is a Czech theatre, television, and film actor.
Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše is a public gymnasium in Brno, Czech Republic.
This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement for the office of the Czech president, including those who subsequently retracted or withheld their endorsement of any candidate during the 2023 Czech presidential election.
Bylo nás pět is a Czech comedy television series. It is based on a book by Karel Poláček. Karel Smyczek directed the series.
Kukačky is a Czech family comedy-drama series developed and produced by Dramedy Productions for Czech Television. It began broadcasting on 8 January 2021 on ČT1. It focuses on Jakub and Tomáš, children who got swapped in hospital.
Mamon is a Czech thriller drama television series, that premiered on HBO Europe in October 2015. It was filmed by director Vladimír Michálek with cameraman Martin Štrba based on a script by Štefan Titka based on a Norwegian novel of the same name. It premiered from 25 October to 29 November 2015.
Podezření is 2022 Czech-French drama television series by Czech Television. Before its broadcast, it was shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and at the Serial Killer festival, where Klára Melíšková received a special mention from the jury for her performance.
