Czechoslovak New Wave

Czechoslovak New Wave
Polish poster of Firemen's Ball by Miloš Forman
Years active1960s
LocationCzechoslovakia
Major figuresMiloš Forman, Jiří Menzel, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš
InfluencesDevětsil, political liberalization of Czechoslovakia leading up to the Prague Spring

The Czechoslovak New Wave[α] (also Czech/Slovak New Wave[β]) is a term used for the Czechoslovak filmmakers who started making films in the 1960s. The directors commonly included are Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Pavel Juráček, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Jaromil Jireš, Evald Schorm, Hynek Bočan, Juraj Herz, Juraj Jakubisko, Štefan Uher, František Vláčil and others. The movement was sometimes called the "Czechoslovak film miracle".
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