Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia

1973: La Planète sauvage

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

René Laloux, director: La Planète sauvage (1973). Released as Fantastic Planet in the USA. (In French, “sauvage” means “wild” in the sense of “untamed.” Wildflowers are fleurs sauvages, for example.)

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1945: The Book of Alfred Kantor

Posted on January 27, 2018 by

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day—Yom HaShoah Alfred Kantor was 22 when he was sent to Theresienstadt, the ”model ghetto” 40 miles north of Prague that the Nazis had created for Czech Jews. He was then sent to Auschwitz and, later, … Continue reading →

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1909: Accident

Posted on September 19, 2017 by

Karel Myslbek: Neštěstí na stavbě [Accident on a Construction Site] (1909)

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1910: Streetcar

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

Jakub Schikaneder: Streetcar in Prague (c. 1910)

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1968: Cow

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

Jiri Kolar: Cow Having Eaten Up Canaletto (1968)

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