The deportation of 4000 Jews from Budapest to Auschwitz in July 1944, as told by George Tabori, and how the narrator’s mother escaped it, owing to coincidence, courage and some help from where you’d least expect it.
Based on an autobiographical novella by Ivan Olbracht, the film tells the story of Hanele Safarová, who grows up just after the First World War in a little Ruthenian schtetl which, in true Hassidic fashion, awaits the arrival of the Messiah. But Hanele decides to follow the Zionists instead. She...
A mega concert by the most popular Czech band, which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year at the O2 Arena in Prague... The band Chinaski, which first made its mark on the Czech music scene with the hit "Dlouhej kouř" from the album of the same name, is one of the most popular pop-rock bands...
