The Czechs have a sense for the human and the gently ironical in their movies. The internationally well-known films they made in the 60s are a witness to that.
The Assassination from 1965 is one of the most accurate war movies ever made. The assasination was shot at the exact same location where the real event happened in 1942. The church where the paratroopers were hidden is also the same one in the movie.
@@spapanek1 It it funny because they already knew it was an inaccuracy when they shot the movie. They just wanted to make the scene look cinematically cooler. The fight in the church is also more action like than in reality for the same reason. They did not have any sub machine guns.
Thank you. You very rarely see Czech hardship being promoted internationally. These are very good reasons why Czechs are so Cynical as they are. Also remember even by Germans back in WW2 Czech have been called as laughing beasts. Being heart of Europe is not easy thing
Thanks a lot for this one. It is always great to see that there are still people appreciating Czech soldiers and movies about them. One film I would suggest is one called ,Nebeští jezdci" Ryders in the sky. About Czech bombing squad. Really touching movie showing what it was like to go on raids for your country from another one. It is old, yet it brings a lot of understanding how difficult it was for the young men.
I've watched a lot of Russian war movies for language practice. I love watching these movies that give you different perspectives and experiences of other countries during that era. When I was a kid, I lived in then West Germany during the Cold War and the Iron Curtain. In kindergarten it was Czechoslovakia. After I was just fresh out of highschool, it became Czech Republic and Slovakia. I remember when one of my friends had relatives in the DDR. When they mailed parcels, they were not allowed to wrap anything in newspaper.
Closely Watched Trains from 1966 is excellent. It's not a combat film, so it's closer to something like I Served the King of England, than Dark Blue World.
@@RodericSpode Read his stuff, it's great! There are also other film adaptations of his works, all done by the same director Jiří Menzel - for example The Snowdrop Festival, Cutting it Short or Larks on a String
Good stuff all around. One comment you make early on is inaccurate, though: the USSR never "annexed" Czechoslovakia (as Germany did in 1939). It was a sovereign state after WWII but fell under Soviet domination by 1948.
It's also not exact. We were sovereign on paper, but in reality the government was taking orders from Moscow, having very little space for a trully sovereign policy. After Stalin's death the government started slowly divert from direct Moscow's orders to at least partially independent policy which led to Prague Spring in 1968 and Soviet's occupation the same year.
Hey Johnny can you try your hand at a few Irish war movies ie wind that shakes the barley, Michael Collins and bloody Sunday cheers pal keep up the great work!!
One step ahead of you on this one my friend. It's an older video and probably needs a re-due but I love Irish history/cinema. ruclips.net/video/G6VnacxPWTI/видео.html
The Czechs have a sense for the human and the gently ironical in their movies. The internationally well-known films they made in the 60s are a witness to that.
The Assassination from 1965 is one of the most accurate war movies ever made. The assasination was shot at the exact same location where the real event happened in 1942. The church where the paratroopers were hidden is also the same one in the movie.
The church was filmed only from the outside, from the inside it was a backdrop
It is very authentic, but not so accurate and it gave a birth to myth that Gabčík crossed the way of tthe Heydrich's car.
@@spapanek1 It it funny because they already knew it was an inaccuracy when they shot the movie. They just wanted to make the scene look cinematically cooler. The fight in the church is also more action like than in reality for the same reason. They did not have any sub machine guns.
@@kkarx jj, I saw the movie about with director Sequens and the actors. But still it is sad that he chose that approach and everyone use it since...
Thank you. You very rarely see Czech hardship being promoted internationally. These are very good reasons why Czechs are so Cynical as they are.
Also remember even by Germans back in WW2 Czech have been called as laughing beasts.
Being heart of Europe is not easy thing
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Thanks a lot for this one. It is always great to see that there are still people appreciating Czech soldiers and movies about them. One film I would suggest is one called ,Nebeští jezdci" Ryders in the sky. About Czech bombing squad. Really touching movie showing what it was like to go on raids for your country from another one. It is old, yet it brings a lot of understanding how difficult it was for the young men.
Thanks for adding this. Might try to give it it's own review sometime 🙏👍
@@JohnnyJohnsonHistory Good, I would be really curious about your opinion.
Thanks Johnny as always much appreciated
Riders in the sky 1968 is the best, although my grand father was in Tobruk in 1943 during their AAA mission there
Good on ya, Johnny. Thanks mate, only seen one of these. Take care, man.
I've watched a lot of Russian war movies for language practice. I love watching these movies that give you different perspectives and experiences of other countries during that era. When I was a kid, I lived in then West Germany during the Cold War and the Iron Curtain. In kindergarten it was Czechoslovakia. After I was just fresh out of highschool, it became Czech Republic and Slovakia. I remember when one of my friends had relatives in the DDR. When they mailed parcels, they were not allowed to wrap anything in newspaper.
Closely Watched Trains from 1966 is excellent. It's not a combat film, so it's closer to something like I Served the King of England, than Dark Blue World.
Makes even more sense when you realise that both films are adaptations of two novels by the same guy - Bohumil Hrabal!
@@AlbertShell Ah, I didn't realize that.
@@RodericSpode Read his stuff, it's great! There are also other film adaptations of his works, all done by the same director Jiří Menzel - for example The Snowdrop Festival, Cutting it Short or Larks on a String
@@AlbertShell Thanks. I've already added a few to my Goodreads "Want to Read" list.
Lidice pls. Not Laydis but pronounce it LEE-DEE-TSE please.
Good video, maybe you could do a video on Portugal movies
Good stuff all around. One comment you make early on is inaccurate, though: the USSR never "annexed" Czechoslovakia (as Germany did in 1939). It was a sovereign state after WWII but fell under Soviet domination by 1948.
It's also not exact. We were sovereign on paper, but in reality the government was taking orders from Moscow, having very little space for a trully sovereign policy. After Stalin's death the government started slowly divert from direct Moscow's orders to at least partially independent policy which led to Prague Spring in 1968 and Soviet's occupation the same year.
Hey Johnny can you try your hand at a few Irish war movies ie wind that shakes the barley, Michael Collins and bloody Sunday cheers pal keep up the great work!!
One step ahead of you on this one my friend. It's an older video and probably needs a re-due but I love Irish history/cinema.
ruclips.net/video/G6VnacxPWTI/видео.html
the movie habermann is worth seeing too bout a town in sudantenland under german occupation
Anyone know any movies on the Czech legion exploits, fighting/moving across the former Russian empire.?
I know only about 1 and its called Jízdní hlídka (cavalry patrol) from 1936 and it is an adaptation of theater play.
Epic
where can i watch this
I saw them all - I'm Czech
Signum laudis is really good antiwar film❤️
Dark Blue World also my favourite
Greetings from Czechia ❤❤
Love you Johnny your channel are RUclips legends.
Thanks man ❤️❤️
Please make video about Italian war movies
Will do!
Lot of lost battles and sunken ships.
Chek out the Masarigue movie. It's also cool historical movie
Please do Poland 🇵🇱
For future reference, Lidice is pronounced (la DEE che) with the accent on the second syllable.
Actually it's closer to lee-dyee-tseh with the accent on the first syllable.
I really liked Dark Blue World
2:56 polish squadron 303...
Soviet union never annexed us.
Oh, so what the hell were the tanks doing here in 1968 ?
@@namelessclown5798 When Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938 Austria became part of the Third reich. We were never part of the Soviet union.
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Please pronounce Lidice correctly.
Use your videos to find good foriegn war movies.
Happy to be of service