Czech cinema is associated on the one hand with such New Wave artists as Milos Forman or Jaromil Jires, and on the other with comedies and popular cinema. The cinematography of our neighbors has been characteristic for many years, so it is not surprising that it has become the source of a popular term. What does it mean?
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Where did the “Czech film” come from? “No one knows anything” literally
This saying has its roots in the production from the 1940s. “Nikdo nic nevi”, or “Nobody knows anything”, directed by Josef Mach, enjoyed considerable popularity after the war, although today it belongs to the group of forgotten films. The comedy tells the story of two tram drivers from Prague who try to help their neighbor get rid of a drunken SS man who is blackmailing her. “Czech film” thus means a situation in which “nobody knows anything.”
In post-war Poland, the film was so popular that it created the stereotype of Czech film for decades
– we read on the site
Why “Czech Film”? This is the result of the popularity of local productions
The statement that “no one knows anything” also referred to other Czech productions, often not fully understood by Polish viewers. it was very popular, but it happened that it caused a lot of problems for the viewers. Why? Some productions were highly avant-garde, and at the same time demanding for the audience. This did not cause a decline in the popularity of cinema z . Some viewers were encouraged by fashion, others were guided by cultural ambitions, but despite the most sincere intentions, not all of them were able to understand and embrace what was happening on the screen.
Some accepted it with humility, others tried to save their high opinion of their own intelligence by thinking about strange fashion
– wrote Professor Jerzy Bralczyk on
Source: Gazeta
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