"Few Europeans in the twentieth century have been subject to the repeated buffetings by foreign powers, ideologically driven transformations and internal upheaval of the Czechs and the Slovaks. The period of Communist rule was complex, and those who gleefully overthrew the regim…
"Few Europeans in the twentieth century have been subject to the repeated buffetings by foreign powers, ideologically driven transformations and internal upheaval of the Czechs and the Slovaks. The period of Communist rule was complex, and those who gleefully overthrew the regim…
Zusammenfassung: The national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany were two of the most vital sites of filmmaking in the Eastern Bloc, and over the course of two decades they contributed to and were shaped by such significant developments as Sovietization, de-Stalinization…
The national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany were two of the most vital sites of filmmaking in the Eastern Bloc, and over the course of two decades they contributed to and were shaped by such significant developments as Sovietization, de-Stalinization and the conserva…
Introduction -- Before Czechoslovakia -- The invention of a state -- A troubled democracy -- The fascist appeal -- A republic and a protectorate -- From national cleansing to communist dictatorship -- Building the socialist state -- The Bratislava and Prague Spring -- Back to no…
Czechoslovakia, the state which preceded today's Czech and Slovak republics, lasted for just seventy-four years, the span of an average person's lifetime. In these years, it experienced democracy, Fascist dictatorship, Nazi occupation, Communist rule, Soviet invasion and, finall…
Czechoslovakia, the state which preceded today's Czech and Slovak republics, lasted for just seventy-four years, the span of an average person's lifetime. In these years, it experienced democracy, Fascist dictatorship, Nazi occupation, Communist rule, Soviet invasion and, finall…
The cultural liberalization of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s produced many artistic accomplishments, not least the celebrated films of the Czech New Wave. This movement saw filmmakers use their new freedom to engage with traditions of the avant-garde, especially Surreali…
"The work contains sixteen uncensored interviews with filmmakers such as Jan Němec, Jiří Menzel, Saša Gedeon, and Jan Svěrák, who describe the struggle to realize their visions in a constantly shifting political landscape: from the mid-1960s, through the repressive "Normalizatio…
