Peter Hames: The Czechoslovak New Wave | Book

Learn more about The Czechoslovak New Wave in this representative book by Peter Hames.

The Czechoslovak New Wave was originally published in 1985 and was quickly established as the world's leading authoritative English-language text. A study of the most significant movement in post-war Central and East European cinemas, it examines the origins of a movement against the political and cultural developments of the 1960s leading to the Prague Spring of 1968. Peter Hames also summarizes key aspects of Czech and Slovak histories between the wars and in the 1940s and 1950s. Directors discussed include Milos Forman, Jan Svankmajer, Jiri Menzel, Jan Nemec.

• Format Paperback | 288 pages
• Dimensions 172 x 237 x 18mm | 542g
• Publication date 14 Aug 2005
• Publisher WALLFLOWER PRESS
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement 2nd ed.
• Illustrations note 12 illus
• ISBN10 1904764428
• ISBN13 9781904764427
• Bestsellers rank 547,884