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Stories Set in Czechia
Kafka's courts, the Golem's attic, Mozart's Prague premiere and 1968 tanks — Bohemia's capital is fiction's gothic heart. Start with these ten, then open Czechia on StoryTerra's map for more, including Prague through the centuries.
Open Czechia on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Czechia
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Browse 85 books, 170 movies, 1 TV show and 22 games set in Czechia.

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of…

Mission: Impossible
When Ethan Hunt the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear…

Dancer in the Dark
Selma a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life…

Medieval
The story of 14th century Czech icon and warlord Jan Zizka who defeated armies of the Teutonic Order and the Holy Roman Empire.

xXx
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization…

Anthropoid
In December 1941 Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.

Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague
Hans Zimmer is one of the most successful film music composers working today. His multi-award winning career reaches back to the mid-eighties and he has developed close working relationships with renowned directors such…

City of Lost Souls
The New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments continues—and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary, and Simon.What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to…

The Cremator
Mr. Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering and sets out to save the…

Daisies
Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.
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