List of most expensive Czech films

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This is a list of the most expensive Czech films, with budgets given in Czech korunas.

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Most expensive Czech films

RankTitleYearBudgetStatusSource
1 Medieval 2022500,000,000 CZKReleased [1]
2 Bathory 2008328,000,000 CZKReleased [2]
3 The Last Children of Aporver N/A240,000,000 CZKUnfinished [3]
4 Dark Blue World 2002230,000,000 CZKReleased [4]
5 Anthropoid 2016220,000,000 CZKReleased [5]
6 Harvie and the Magic Museum 2017170,000,000 CZKReleased [6]
The Manor 1999170,000,000 CZKReleased [7]
8 The Painted Bird 2019159,000,000 CZKReleased [8]
9 Maria Theresia 2017130,000,000 CZKReleased [9]
10 Il Boemo 2022128,500,000 CZKReleased [10]
11 Zlatý podraz 2018100,000,000 CZKReleased [11]
Source: [12]

Record-holders

Timeline of the most expensive Czech films
YearFilmBudgetSource
1930 St. Wenceslas 4,500,000 KČs [13]
1950 Temno 5,330,000 KČs [14]
1951 The Emperor and the Golem 7,220,000 KČs [14]
1954 Jan Hus 13,110,000 KČs [14] [15]
1955 Jan Žižka 22,000,000 KČs [16]
1956 Against All 25,000,000 KČs [17]
1974 Sokolovo 28,000,000 Kčs [18]
1994 Accumulator 1 35,000,000 CZK [19]
1999 The Manor 170,000,000 CZK [20]
2002 Dark Blue World 230,000,000 CZK [21]
2008 Bathory 328,000,000 CZK [19]
2022 Jan Žižka 500,000,000 CZK [22]

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