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The Czechoslovak New Wave (also Czech New Wave or Czechoslovakian New Wave) is a term used for the early works of 1960s Czechoslovakian directors Miloš Forman, Věta Chytilová, Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Jaromír Jireš and others.

Trademarks of the movement contain long unscripted dialogues, dark and absurd humour, and the casting of inexperienced actors. The films often treated themes that were uncommon in communist countries, such as the love-confusion of young people or the partial absence of morality in Czechoslovakian society. Directorally the Czechoslovak New Wave differed from the rough aesthetic of the French New Wave with whom relations were often strained; the Czechoslovak New Wave tended to present polished films often taken from Czech literature, including Jaromír Jireš' adaptation of Milan Kundera's anti-Communist novel The Joke. Forman's The Firemen's Ball
, another major film of the era, remains a cult film even more than three decades after its creation.

The movement came to an abrupt end following the 1968 Soviet clampdown on the liberalization of the Prague spring; Forman, Němec, and Passer fled the country, while those who remained faced heavy censorship of their work.

Key works of the Czechoslovakian New Wave

Black Peter by Miloš Forman (1963)
Something Different by Věra Chytilová (1963)
Closely Watched Trains
by Jiří Menzel (1966)
Daisies by Věra Chytilová (1966)
The Loves of a Blond by Miloš Forman (1966)
The Firemen's Ball
by Miloš Forman (1968)
Behold Homolka by Jaroslav Papoušek (1969)

Category:Movements in cinema

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