Prague’s Barrandov Studios celebrate 75 years

Prague’s Barrandov Film Studios are celebrating 75 years of operation on Thursday. On January 25, 1933 the filming of the studios’ first motion picture ‘Vražda v Ostrovní ulici’ (Murder on Ostrovní Street) began. The film premiered some two months later, and received a good deal of critical acclaim. The movie was the first ever Czech film to have both dialogue and music, thanks to the studios’ then state-of-the-art equipment. In more recent years, films such as James Bond – Casino Royale have been shot on location at Barrandov.