Czechoslovakia
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| *[[Czechoslovak New Wave]] | *[[Czechoslovak New Wave]] | ||
| - | *[[Cinema of the Czech Republic]] | + | *[[Cinema of the Czech Republic]] |
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| == Film == | == Film == | ||
| *[[Czechoslovak New Wave]] | *[[Czechoslovak New Wave]] | ||
| *''[[Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]]'' | *''[[Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Cremator]]'' | ||
| - | ==Authors and Poets== | + | ==Authors and poets== |
| *[[Jaroslav Hašek]] | *[[Jaroslav Hašek]] | ||
| *[[Bohumil Hrabal]] | *[[Bohumil Hrabal]] | ||
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| *[[Leoš Janáček]] | *[[Leoš Janáček]] | ||
| *[[Bedřich Smetana]] | *[[Bedřich Smetana]] | ||
| + | *[[Antonín Dvořák]] | ||
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| ==Painters== | ==Painters== | ||
| *[[František Kupka]] | *[[František Kupka]] | ||
| - | *[[Alfons Mucha]] | + | *[[Alphonse Mucha ]] |
| *[[Toyen]] (Marie Čermínová) | *[[Toyen]] (Marie Čermínová) | ||
| + | * [[Viktor Oliva]] | ||
| ==Photographers== | ==Photographers== | ||
| - | *[[Jan Saudek]] | + | |
| + | * [[Miroslav Tichý]] (1926–2011) | ||
| + | * [[František Drtikol]] (1883–1961) | ||
| + | * [[Jan Saudek]] (born 1935) | ||
| + | * [[Rudolf Koppitz]] (1884–1936) | ||
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| *[[The Good Soldier Švejk|Josef Švejk]], fictional soldier in WWI, main character of Jaroslav Hašek's novel ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' | *[[The Good Soldier Švejk|Josef Švejk]], fictional soldier in WWI, main character of Jaroslav Hašek's novel ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' | ||
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| + | *[[MDŽ (International Women's Day)]] | ||
| + | *[[Jazz in dissident Czechoslovakia]] | ||
| + | *[[Erotická revue]] | ||
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Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992. Its capital was Prague. In 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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See also
- Prague underground (culture)
- The Plastic People of the Universe
- Czech literature
- Czech surrealism
- Czechoslovak New Wave
- Cinema of the Czech Republic
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Film
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Authors and poets
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Composers
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Filmmakers
- Věra Chytilová, film director
- Miloš Forman, film director
- Jaromil Jireš, film director
- Jiří Menzel, film director, actor
- Karel Reisz, film director
- Jan Švankmajer, film director, animator
- Jiří Trnka, film director, animator
- Karel Zeman, film director, animator
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Models
- Eva Herzigová (1973)
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Painters
- František Kupka
- Alphonse Mucha
- Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
- Viktor Oliva
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Photographers
- Miroslav Tichý (1926–2011)
- František Drtikol (1883–1961)
- Jan Saudek (born 1935)
- Rudolf Koppitz (1884–1936)
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Religion
- Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer
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Other
- Giacomo Casanova, spent his last years as a librarian in Duchcov Castle
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Fictional characters
- Josef Švejk, fictional soldier in WWI, main character of Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Švejk
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See also
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