I enjoy my work and keep it alive. It’s something I won’t leave idle, says actress Iva Janžurová

I enjoy my work and keep it alive.  It’s something I won’t leave idle, says actress Iva Janžurová

Iva Janžurová’s age is not stressful, even though she thought she had different ideas about what she would do. “It’s strange. I imagined that I would spend my free time free of stage hard work in books, reading and making films. Sometimes I’m so embarrassed that I might even make my own movie. I’m counting … Read more

18 kilos away in two months, then it couldn’t be stopped. Actor Dan Krejčík on the fight against anorexia

18 kilos away in two months, then it couldn’t be stopped.  Actor Dan Krejčík on the fight against anorexia

“I locked myself in prison and had no idea that only I had the keys to it,” says actor Dan Krejčík. Because of the role, he began to lose weight. But when he wanted to return to normal, he found that it was not possible. “At first I respected him to lose weight in the … Read more

I imprinted myself in the character of Aleš, reveals the writer Patrik Hartl

I imprinted myself in the character of Aleš, reveals the writer Patrik Hartl

“I’m glad that readers like my book, because I’m vulnerable and fragile and I really like the character of Aleš. The whole topic is sensitive for me and I enjoy being understood by people. If I didn’t, I would be sad and unhappy. In the end, I wrote the character of Aleš as if it … Read more

Weapons Made in Norway in the hands of terrorists. An exciting story with Petra Bučková in the lead role

Weapons Made in Norway in the hands of terrorists.  An exciting story with Petra Bučková in the lead role

Persons and cast: Oda Skarová (Petra Bučková), Stäle Munkebye (Jan Dolanský), John Cooper (Jiří Vyorálek), Magnar Ottosen (Ondřej Rychlý), Gard Thune (Ondřej Vetchý), Ulrika Munkebyová (Klára Suchá), Äge Skar (Jan Vlasák), Henrik Skar (Kajetán Písařovic), Margreta Skarová (Jana Stryková), Aksi Virtanen (Igor Bareš), Erik Brox (Miroslav Etzler), Hans (Miroslav Hruška), Vigdis Ottosenová (Natália Drabiščáková), Berit … Read more

Teachers are the heroes of today. The pressure on them is rising, says the screenwriter of the Defender series, Matěj Podzimek

Teachers are the heroes of today.  The pressure on them is rising, says the screenwriter of the Defender series, Matěj Podzimek

How much has it helped that both your parents are educators? Not Daddy anymore, but Mom still. It helped a lot, because through their many years of experience in education, they were good advisers to me. What did they help you with the most? Of course, the way Mr. Pelán, the future school ombudsman, teaches … Read more

Joy is not self-evident. Let’s be grateful for what we have in life, advises psychologist Kristýna Tronečková

Joy is not self-evident.  Let’s be grateful for what we have in life, advises psychologist Kristýna Tronečková

“It is very difficult to define happiness. It’s a tricky question. But one possible way is when we can elevate small positive experiences to big ones and enjoy them every day. ” “We can stop and realize that joy is not taken for granted. Let’s be grateful for what we have in life and let’s … Read more

I weighed myself four times a night. Moderator Čestmír Strakatý admits a duel with his body

I weighed myself four times a night.  Moderator Čestmír Strakatý admits a duel with his body

“I always needed to have my weight under control,” says Čestmír Strakatý. The moderator, who conducts interviews exclusively in a black shirt with folded cuffs, from which he peeks out an abstract tattoo, looks confident at work and pays for the sex symbol for many people. Therefore, few would have thought that he was the … Read more

Madeta Teply’s head: When production in Europe is reduced, we will import non-organic products from third world countries

Madeta Teply’s head: When production in Europe is reduced, we will import non-organic products from third world countries

Teplý looks critically at ecological tendencies in agriculture and energy. “It simply came to our notice then. What kind of nonsense is that? If we do not immediately radically defend ourselves, it is revenge. It has a political context. I want to do normal food, not biological experiments on humans. Otherwise, we are trying to … Read more

He searched for his mother’s life in Terezín. It was difficult for friends to form friends there, says Frištenský

He searched for his mother’s life in Terezín.  It was difficult for friends to form friends there, says Frištenský

Did my mother never talk about her experience from the Terezín ghetto? No, that was a big problem. When I heard something during her lifetime – she died in 1977 – that she was Jewish or that she was in a concentration camp and I wanted to ask her about it, she just always turned … Read more