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Movies, Music & Media: Student of Prague

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:35:37 GMT

Has anyone ever seen the German film call Student of Prague (1913, Stellan Rye). The writer (autorefilm) was Hanns Heinz Ewers, the principal actor was Paul Wegener, and director was Stellan Rye. This film is noted for its fabulous photography effects; furthermore the fantasy aspect of the film was also a trait of German cinema which climaxed and developed into the German Expressionist period of 1920. Has anyone ever seen this silent movie in its entirety? I just watched a very short clip of it on YouTube.[/i]

Miscellaneous (Czech-Related): RE: If your liveing in the Czech Republic,set me straight....

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:34:21 GMT

To start with you do not need to be devout to be a good person or live a good life. To answer your question the age of the person and the region within the country has much to do with it. In Moravia and in the north a fair percentage of people are very devout. In the larger cities much less so.

Certainly a much much higher percentage of Poles are devout Catholics.
I live in the South where I know a few families who attend every week but many places have very low attendance. A few years ago they were talking about bringing Polish priests here as so few Czech males were interested.

Czech's are very proud of their history and many holidays are catholic based but yes a very high percentage are agnostic or atheist

Travel Tips & Advice: Sternberk

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:29 GMT

Anyone from Sternberk? Would love to meet someone from there to understand how life is lived there. Thanks.

Language Exchange & Czech Classes: RE: Czech Classes in Virginia / DC

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:08:22 GMT

Pokud to nen� nalezen na googlu, pravd�podobn� to neexistuje.
M�me tak� vhodn� r�en�...Hledej a ty ur�it� najde�.....Seek and ye shall find.

Sna��m se zjistit smysl �esk�ho r�en�.

To the wise a hint, kick a stupid person???? I think I like it.

Language Exchange & Czech Classes: RE: Czech Classes in Virginia / DC

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:59:35 GMT

What about google:

http://www.mzv.cz/washington/en/culture_events/education/czech_studies_in_the_u_s/czech_language_classes_in_the_u_s_1.html
http://www.transemantics.com/flp/czech.html
http://www.cactuslanguagetraining.com/tailormade/uk/courses/czech/washington-dc/
http://www.languagetrainers.com/czech_courses_washington_dc.php

There is a czech saying: Chytr�mu napov�z, hloup�ho kopni

Movies, Music & Media: RE: Does anyone know this song?

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:07:12 GMT

Ta Yvetta je n�co zvla�tn�ho.
That's a great song. I love that kind of music.
Ever heard of Herb Alpert? Great horn player. Produced many albums.
Tady je p�iklad jeho hudba na you tube, Mexican Shuffle, mexick� tan�ita, s� na��m Laurel and Hardy v �ernob�l�.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpTM11nEliQ

Language Exchange & Czech Classes: RE: Czech Classes in Virginia / DC

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:17:46 GMT

There are some czech resources online and little clips on you tube, but I don't know of any classes.

Language Exchange & Czech Classes: Czech Classes in Virginia / DC

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:06:45 GMT

Anyone know of any place where I can find czech classes?

Announcements - Events and Classes: RE: Brno Expats January Get Together!

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:19:28 GMT

So that's next Thursday 26th then!

Movies, Music & Media: RE: CITIZEN HAVEL with EN Subtitles FREE Online Watching

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:41:09 GMT

Yvan wrote:

... through his defeat by arch-rival Vaclav Klaus in 2003 and beyond,...

Vaclav Havel could not be reelected in 2003 as it would be his 3rd period as president of Czech Republic, which is against the constitution (and common rule in many other states, including the US), so defeat is not a right word.