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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]] (with a government-in-exile during the [[World War II]] period). On [[January 1]], [[1993]], Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the '''[[Czech Republic]] '''and''' [[Slovakia]]'''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]+'''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'''.
 +== See also==
 +*[[Prague underground (culture)]]
 +*[[The Plastic People of the Universe]]
 +*[[Czech literature]]
 +*[[Czech surrealism]]
 +*[[Czechoslovak New Wave]]
 +*[[Cinema of the Czech Republic]]
== Film == == Film ==
-[[Valerie and her Week of Wonders]]+*[[Czechoslovak New Wave]]
 +*''[[Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]]''
-[[Jaromil Jires]]+==Authors and Poets==
-Writers:+*[[Jaroslav Hašek]]
-[[Vitezslav Nezval]] (novel)+*[[Bohumil Hrabal]]
 +*[[Franz Kafka]]
 +*[[Oskar Kokoschka]]
 +*[[Milan Kundera]]
 +*[[Karel Teige]]
-Inspired by fairy-tales such as [[Alice in Wonderland]] and [[Little Red-Riding Hood]], "[[Valerie and her Week of Wonders]]" is a [[surreal]] tale in which [[love]], [[fear]], [[sex]] and [[religion]] merge into one [[fantastic]] world.+==Composers==
 +*[[Leoš Janáček]]
 +*[[Bedřich Smetana]]
 +==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
-== Film ==+==Models==
-[[Valerie and her Week of Wonders]]+*[[Eva Herzigová]] (1973)
- +
-[[Jaromil Jires]]+
-Writers:+
-[[Vitezslav Nezval]] (novel)+
- +
-Inspired by fairy-tales such as [[Alice in Wonderland]] and [[Little Red-Riding Hood]], "[[Valerie and her Week of Wonders]]" is a [[surreal]] tale in which [[love]], [[fear]], [[sex]] and [[religion]] merge into one [[fantastic]] world.+
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-'''''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders''''' (Czech: '''''Valerie a týden divů''''') is a [[1970]] [[Czech Republic|Czech]] film directed by [[Jaromil Jireš]] and based on [[Valerie and Her Week of Wonders|the novel of the same name]] by [[Vítězslav Nezval]].+
-The [[1970]] film adaptation of ''Valerie a týden divů'', was filmed in [[1969]] starring the then 13-year-old [[Jaroslava Schallerová]] as Valerie, with a supporting cast of [[Helena Anýzovál]], [[Karel Engel]], [[Jan Klusák]], [[Petr Kopriva]], among others. It was filmed in the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] town of [[Slavonice]] and surrounding areas. [[Dream art|Oneiric]] and ethereal in essence, the film portrays the heroine as living in a disorienting dream, seduced by priests, vampires, men and women alike. +==Painters==
 +*[[František Kupka]]
 +*[[Alfons Mucha]]
 +*[[Toyen]] (Marie Čermínová)
-Sound is used in very inventive ways in this film, from the alerting ''pling-plongs'' heard which alerts Valerie when she finds her earrings to the cacophonous tick-tocks of the odd spinning cogwheels in the barn. Intense, [[Saturation (color theory)|supersaturated]] colors and unusual compositions also create an otherworldly effect reminiscent of the [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolist art movement]].+==Photographers==
 +*[[Jan Saudek]]
-'''''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders''''' (or ''Valerie a týden divů'') was written in 1935 by [[surrealist]] Czech writer [[Vítězslav Nezval]]. It was made into a [[1970]] [[Czech Republic|Czech]] film directed by [[Jaromil Jireš]].+==Religion==
 +*[[Jan Hus]], religious thinker and reformer
-==Plot introduction==+==Other==
-With this novel, Nezval explored the [[gothic novel|gothic]] themes and settings of novels such as [[Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]]'s ''[[Frankenstein]]'' and [[Matthew Gregory Lewis]]' ''[[The Monk]]'', as well as [[F.W. Murnau]]'s ''[[Nosferatu]]'' (based on ''[[Dracula]]'' by [[Bram Stoker]]). He took a great risk using this format, seeing as the [[Romantic movement]] was shunned by followers of the [[surrealist movement]].+*[[Giacomo Casanova]], spent his last years as a librarian in [[Duchcov Castle]]
-It has long been published in [[Czech language|Czech]], but has only become available in [[English language|English]] recently thanks to Czech publishers [[Twisted Spoon Press]]. This edition features the [[illustrations]] of [[Kamil Lhotak]] that were used in the original release of the book.+==Fictional characters==
 +*[[The Good Soldier Švejk|Josef Švejk]], fictional soldier in WWI, main character of Jaroslav Hašek's novel ''The Good Soldier Švejk''
-==Film, TV or theatrical adaptations==+{{GFDL}}
-The [[1970]] film adaptation of ''[[Valerie a týden divů]]'', directed by [[Jaromil Jireš]], stars the then 13-year-old [[Jaroslava Schallerová]] as Valerie.+

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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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Film

Authors and Poets

Composers

Filmmakers

Models

Painters

Photographers

Religion

  • Jan Hus, religious thinker and reformer

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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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