Vojta Kotek will play Karel Gott in Duchoň, a Slovak biopic about tragic singer Karol Duchoň, premiering in Czech cinemas on Aug. 7.
Comedy Pod parou flips the Danish original’s premise with four Czech teachers testing a boozy theory. In cinemas from August 7.
“We were prepared for any outcome tonight, and this one is a great result,” writer-director Jiří Mádl told reporters after his victory at the Czech Republic’s version of the Oscars.
Among the 29 titles competing across 24 categories, Czech Oscar submission Waves (Vlny), directed by Jiří Mádl, leads the pack with 14 nominations.
Starring Hana Vágnerová and Slovak singer-actress Zea, Pod parou has recently wrapped filming in the Czech wine region of Mikulov, South Moravia.
Philip Roth’s 1985 novella comes to the big screen in this new English-language, Prague-filmed adaptation from Czech director Irena Pavlásková
Jiří Bartoška's sympathetic turn highlights this unexpectedly deep – and bitterly funny – new Czech comedy-drama