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Actress and communist apologist Jiřina Švorcová dies
The actress and obstinate apologist of the communist regime Jiřina Švorcová died on Monday at the age of 84. Her career in theatre, film and television spanned more than…
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Amir Bar-Lev – an American documentary filmmaker with Czech influences
Amir Bar-Lev first presented his documentary Fighter – a film that portrays the well-known Czech émigrés Jan Wiener and Arnošt Lustig – at the Karlovy Vary International…
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Songs about Prague from around the world
In this edition of our Sunday Music Show, we’ll hear songs inspired by the Czech capital, its beauty, its people and some of the events that took place there. Throughout…
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“If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” Part 7
Over the last few weeks, the actress Veronika Hyks has been bringing us extracts from Jaroslava Skleničková’s memoirs, “If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…”. The…
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Newly-launched portal highlights richness of European film heritage
In this week’s Arts we look at Europe’s film heritage as compiled in a unique project organised by the Deutsches Filminstitut. Called the European Film Gateway (EFG), the…
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The Prague Police Museum - an institution that explores the history of police and crime in Czech…
Tucked away in a former monastery in Prague’s Nové Město, the Czech Police Museum boasts a fascinating permanent exhibit exploring the history of Czech police, the…
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Jiří (George) Voskovec – the Czech theatrical pioneer who carved out a Cold-War career in Hollywood
This edition of Czechs in History looks at the life and career of Jiří Voskovec, one half of the legendary Czech duo Voskovec and Werich, whose work at the “Liberated…
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Lucie Kostelecká, bringing the sounds of South Africa to Czech audiences
Czech singer Lucie Kostelecká fell for the charm of South African music during her stay in that country several years ago. Lucie even studied singing with South African…
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Waldemar Matuška - one of the country's most beloved singers
In today’s edition of our Sunday Music Show, we listen to music by singer Waldemar Matuška, an icon of this country's pop music who continues to be loved by Czech music…
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“If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” Part 6
We have now reached the sixth part in our serialized reading of “If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…”, the memoirs of Jaroslava Skleničková. Veronika Hyks has…
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Directors Emir Kusturica & Aki Kaurismaki main guests at Summer Film School
If you are a regular Radio Prague reader or listener, you will probably already be familiar with the Summer Film School at Uherské Hradiště. The long-running and largely…
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The Clementinum, the Baroque pearl of Prague
Standing in the centre of the Clementinum – if you can locate such a thing in the labyrinth – you are surrounded by around a millennium of history and millions of volumes…
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