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.