Czech Films Blog

Excepcional film with Jan Tříska († 80) Radúz and Mahulena returns in a renewed form.
Finally here comes a remastered version of beautiful and very popular fairy tale Radúz and Mahulena.
This romantic fairy tale was directed by Petr ...

The story of Milada Horakova
Film Milada, which was just released on the DVD, has split the audience into two groups. The first one is disappointed and considers it as a big fa...

Remembering Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director
Czech Oscar-winning director Milos Forman has died on 13 April. The Czech native was 86 years old.
Forman is regarded as one of the best and the wo...

Juraj Herz died on Sunday 8.4.2018
He undoubtedly belonged to the top directors of the Czech Republic, and his death is an irreplaceable loss.
He was born 4.9.1934 and became a Czech...

Spina / Filthy: A controversial Slovak film comes to DVD
Slovakian-Czech movie that is definitely worth a watch for its originality.
A lot of people like this film and say it is the best drama of last yea...

We regret to inform you about sad news. Marian Labuda is dead.
Famous Slovakian actor Marian Labuda was born in 1944 in Hontianské Nemce. He worked at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, and in 1968, co-...

This Christmas, a new film comes on the Czech market. Barefoot.
When I went to see this film in the cinema I thought: “What can I expect from directors Sverak and Sverak jr.? Quality, a pleasant spectacle...” b...

KAREL ZEMAN, FILM DIRECTOR AND ANIMATOR. WORLD PIONEER
An introvert, perfectionist, and romantic Karel Zeman was the most successful exporter in the history of Czech cinema.
What is surprising is that h...

Hrebejk's new film returns to the time of normalization.
Another highlight of our website is undoubtedly a film by Jan Hřebejk The Teacher.
“MY NAME IS MÁRIA DRAZDECHOVA AND I AM YOUR NEW SCHOOL TEACHER. ...

The National Film Archive has decided to restore the best treasures of Czech cinematography.
A real surprise has become the newly restored Švejk (The Good Soldier Schweik and I Obediently report). Schweik is the work of Jaroslav Hašek, that...

The Remastered version of The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
After a long time, we can enjoy a restoration of one of the best war films by director Jiří Sequens - film Atentát (The Assassination).
It is Czech...

Two sad news of the last week
We regret to inform you, that on Monday after an unfortunate fall off the Charles Bridge died Jan Tříska. Legendary artist, who lived in California...