Culture
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First Czech movie using rotoscoping technique to premiere at Venice film festival
Alois Nebel, the first Czech film that was produced with the rotoscoping technique – a process that renders images shot with actors in a unique black-and-white cartoon…
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Jaroslav Marvan: 50 years on stage and screen
Jaroslav Marvan was one of the most prolific Czech actors of all times with more than 150 film roles and many more theatre acts. He appeared in his first – silent – movie…
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“If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” Part 8
In the last few weeks Veronika Hyks has been reading from the memoirs of Jaroslava Skleničková, an extraordinary story of survival in war. We have now reached May 1945…
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Fresh Film Festival opens in Prague with “defiance” as main theme
The Fresh Film Festival – highlighting work by debuting directors and student filmmakers – got underway in Prague this week, offering viewers a rare opportunity to see…
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Ester Krumbachová – costume designer who left her mark on Czech New Wave
In this edition of Czechs in History, we look back at the life and work of Ester Krumbachová, an artist, costume designer, screenwriter, and one of the most important…
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Psí Vojáci call it quits after 32 years
In today’s Sunday Music Show we bid farewell to a fixed star of the Czech music firmament – Psí Vojáci is no more. Last weekend the band announced that it was wrapping up…
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James Stafford – Author of The Sorrowful Putto of Prague
In this week’s Arts, my guest is Welsh writer James Stafford, the author of a wonderfully irreverent new webcomic The Sorrowful Putto of Prague. The comic tells the story…
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Trutnov festival back on the Battlefield
It’s that time of year again – the Czech Republic’s premiere open air music festival in Trutnov is back on the Battlefield, as the traditional venue is called. A red…
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Family, friends and fans pay last respects to murdered best-selling author Simona Monyová
Family, friends and dozens of fans gathered in Brno on Tuesday for the funeral of Simona Monyová, the Czech Republic’s best-selling author of women’s literature. The…
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Czech opera diva Milada Šubrtová
In Sunday Music Show we look at the life and work of Czech opera diva Milada Šubrtová who died at the age of 87 last week. The soprano, whom many consider to have been the…
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Pavel Bobek – Part 2
For a lot of Czechs, Pavel Bobek is THE voice of country pop, thanks to his hugely popular Czech-language versions of hits by U.S. singers like John Denver and Kris…
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Pavel Bobek – Part 1
Pavel Bobek is one of the greats of Czech popular music, best known for his Czech versions of songs by American artists like Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, and his long…
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