🎬 Pearls of the Deep (1966)

Jan Němec is a Czech writer and literary critic, known for novels such as Dějiny světla (A History of Light) and Empathy. His prose is marked by an experimental approach to language and narrative. He regularly contributes to Czech cultural media and appears at literary festivals for author readings.

Jiří Menzel is a Czech film and theatre director, best known internationally for Closely Watched Trains (1966), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His work is closely associated with the Czech New Wave and the literary world of Bohumil Hrabal. Alongside his film career he has directed numerous…

Věra Chytilová (1929–2014) was a Czech film director and one of the most distinctive figures of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Known for her provocative style and sharp social criticism, she is best remembered for Daisies (1966). Even during the normalization era she maintained her uncompromising authorial voice.

At one time, Czech director Evald Schorm was known as "the conscience of the Czech New Wave" and was known for using film to promote notions of compassion, equality, and individualism in the face of social structure. Originally an opera singer, the Prague native studied filmmaking at the prestigious F.A.M.U. between 1…

Jaromil Jireš (December 10, 1935 – October 24, 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film The Cry was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Czechoslovak New Wave, a movement known for its dark humor, use of non-professiona…