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Lidice: triumphant film drawn from tragedy

One of World War II’s darkest moments — the massacre at the Czech village of Lidice — comes to the screen as a human drama. Truth and consequences are the twin themes of “Lidice,” a new film produced by Adam Dvořák, who took up the challenge of the Nazi atrocity after meeting the scriptwriter. “After three successful comedies, I was wondering what to do next. I was backstage at the Český lev Awards, when I met Zdeněk Mahler. He had won a prize for the best unrealized script, and that was how it all began,” Dvořák told Czech Position.

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Pochvala od Harper’s Bazaar potěšila!

“S úctou k ostatním hercům a režisérům musíme říct, že Lidice jsou tím nejlepším filmem, který byl u nás v posledních dvaceti letech natočen. Podle scénáře Zdeňka Mahlera nabízí pohled na tragický osud Lidic za 2. světové války z neobvyklé perspektivy: skrze příběhy tří mužů, jejichž osudy ovlivnily osobní vztahy a nevěra. V hlavních rolích uvidíte Karla Rodena, Zuzanu Fialovou a Romana Luknára. Režíroval Petr Nikolaev. Do kina si nezapomeňte vzít kapesníky…”

Lidice tragedy Background at Daily Mail

Outrage is growing in the Czech Republic after the son of the country’s bloodthirsty Nazi leader said he wanted to restore the castle where his father lived during the Second World War. Reinhard Heydrich was the protector of Czechoslovakia, which was renamed the province of Bohemia and Moravia by the Nazis. He was a key organiser of the Holocaust, the head of the dreaded security section (SD) of the SS and tipped to one day succeed Hitler as Fuehrer.

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Lidé by měli z kina odcházet s poznáním i dojetím

Na zkušebních projekcích filmu Lidice diváci často potřebovali kapesníky. Z kina by však měli lidé kromě dojetí odcházet hlavně s poznáním, řekl v rozhovoru pro agenturu Mediafax režisér snímku Petr Nikolaev. A samozřejmě, že v rozhovoru prozradil mnohem víc o zákulisí filmových příprav.

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Mexican cameraman makes his mark on Czech film

Antonio Riestra, winner of this year’s Goya for best cinematography, found his way to the upper levels of his craft by way of Prague

“Agustí Villaronga’s “Black Bread” (Pa Negre), kicked off this year’s La Pelicula Spanish film festival in Prague on Feb 15. with both the director and the film’s cinematographer in attendance. But while Villaronga flew in from Spain to make an appearance, his director of photography, Antonio Riestra — who had worked in Mexico on “Amores Perros” and “Frida” — was able to reach the festival by tram, having relocated to Prague about four years ago…”

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Lidice wraps shooting

Interesting information at Film New Europe website: “Shooting of one of the most anticipated Czech movie of 2011, the big budget historical 1940´s war movie Lidice by director Petr Nikolaev and producer Adam Dvořák of production and distribution company Bioscop (www.bioscop.cz) has been completed, and the film now heads into the post-production phase, Dvořák announced. Shooting took two months, beginning on 26 July, whem Nikolaev, whose previous credits include Kousek nebe (A Piece of Heaven, 2004) and Báječná léta pod psa (The Blissful Years of Lousy Living, 1997), suddenly replaced director Alice Nellis, who stepped down from the project after she was diagnosed with a serious neurological disease.”

The world release of Lidice is now planned for June 2011.

Whole story at: filmneweurope.com

Sir Barnett Stross & Lidice Must Be Recognised In Stoke-on-Trent

Interesting British comment on a Sir Barnett Stross activity in Lidice: Today’s society places a huge emphasis on education. The last Labour Government coined the famous phrase, ‘education, education, education’. They say ‘you are never too old too learn’ and those words are so, so true in light of a recent story told to me by Alan & Cheryl Gerrard of Fenton’s The Art Bay Gallery.

The story told of the heroic, unselfish and compassionate actions of a Stoke-on-Trent GP during World War 2: pitsnpots.co.uk

Lidice film project set to start shooting despite withdrawal of director Alice Nellis

Sarah Borufka’s article for radio.cz: “Thursday is the anniversary of the razing the village of Lidice by the Nazis in 1942, without doubt one of the darkest moments in modern Czech history. A planned film about the massacre has been delayed for some years due to funding problems. Now the film’s producer has been forced to announce yet another piece of bad news. Alice Nellis, who was originally meant to direct the film, has had to step back from the project due to illness.”

Whole story at: radio.cz

Film producers look to public collection to save “Lidice” from development hell

Christian Falvey’s story for radio.cz: “The extermination of the village of Lidice by the Nazis is one of the most harrowing tales of WWII, and Czech filmmakers are have long wanted to bring it to the screen. The acclaimed director Alice Nellis is set to helm the project, with some of the country’s top actors already on board. But still what would be an important historical film has been in a proverbial development hell for some years now. Amid a dearth of sponsors, the film’s producers are now looking to the public to help complete the budget. Earlier today, Radio Prague spoke with producer Adam Dvořák.”

Read the whole article at: radio.cz

New Czech film about massacre in Lidice in the works

Czech audience and critics often grumble that the local film industry produces only romantic comedies, while historical films, for example, are missing from the screens. But the situation at the National Fund for Cinematography is improving, with more money being given to fewer projects, and new epic and “more serious” films are starting to appear.

Whole story at: aktualne.cz.