Art and culture

The adventures of the good soldier, born from the imagination of Jaroslav Hašek, remain an essential part of Czech popular culture The 1956 film is still unforgettable thanks to the performance of the most beloved Czech actor of his generation: Rudolf Hrušínský With the...

A leading pianist on the international jazz scene and a conductor with a taste for challenges. It is from a meeting between Danilo Rea and Walter Attanasi that Classic & Jazz was born, the opening concert of the new Italia Arte Fest season, the...

The story of Italy-Czechoslovakia, the Rimet Cup of 1934, the sporting battle and strong sense of national pride On one side, the First Republic of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. On the other, the Fascism of Benito Mussolini. Two completely different worlds, facing each in a...

A stroll through Prague with the dean of Czech Italian scholars Meeting Jiří Pelan in his office at the Department of Romance Languages at Charles University in Prague, or in one of the many taverns where the memory of Hašek, Hrabal, Seifert and Neruda...

From Nymburk to Libeň, from Kersko to the Prague beer houses: the significant places of the most original twentieth century Czech author To celebrate the centenary of Bohumil Hrabal, we embarked on a journey through Bohemia and Moravia, to discover the cities and towns...

Interview with the founder Sandro Ferri. Edizioni e/o celebrates the centenary of Bohumil Hrabal with a new edition of all his works At the time, we did not have the contacts we have today. There were no low costs, online booksellers, single currencies, painstaking...

The legendary director, who was among the leaders of the Czechoslovak Nová Vlna, with her bold visual experiments and inventions, has passed away Famous for her brusque character, she was a pioneer of avant-garde cinema. For years banned from making films by government, she...

A new tour across Europe and America reproposes the symbolic songs of the Ostrava song-writer I wonder if he ever imagined – as a carpenter in the small Moravian villages – what he was to achieve later on in life? Who knows what was...

On the bank of the Vltava River, within walking distance from the city centre, is the oldest medical centre in the Czech Republic whose name is associated with great personalities that since the very beginning supported its development Thanks to a recent initiative, the...

Deep voice, rosy cheeks and an appearance like Santa Claus. Over thirty years from his death, the immensely popular Czech actor continues to influence Czech culture From the 1930s, actor, playwright and screenwriter Jan Werich enchanted the Czechoslovakian nation with his film and theatre...