Unless the Czech government steps up on better incentives, warns the country’s leading producers group, more series and films are going to pass it by and film in other locations. “There are many se…
“If the Czech government doesn’t react very quickly there could be another breaking point,” said association managing director Katerina Weissova.
The Czech government of prime minister Andrej Babis is under assault from all quarters. There are regular street protests of hundreds of thousands, and Babis is facing a criminal investigation over alleged fraud. He is also the subject of an E.U. conflict-of-interest investigation. Another issue is his choice of culture minister – the figure most likely to push better film incentives through. This week his government survived its third no confidence vote, but others may follow.
The film, directed and written by local star Petr Jakl and featuring Ben Foster and Michael Caine, covers the early life of Zizka, arguably the greatest general in the nation’s history who trounced superior Holy Roman Empire forces repeatedly in the 1400s.
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