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Stories Set in Czechia — top stories

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.

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10 famous stories set in Czechia

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 85 books, 170 movies, 1 TV show and 22 games set in Czechia.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Fox Searchlight Pictures-Scott Rudin Productions-Studio Babelsberg-Indian Paintbrush-TSG Entertainment-American Empirical Pictures
movie

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…

Setting: Budapest, Hungary; Karlovy Vary, Czech RepublicTime Period: 1930s
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Paramount-Cruise/Wagner Productions
movie

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…

Setting: Prague, Czech Republic; Langley, Virginia, USA; London, UKTime Period: 1996
Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

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movie

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…

Setting: USA; Czech RepublicTime Period: 2000
Medieval

Medieval

JBJ Film-Three Brothers Production
movie

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

Setting: Bohemia, Czech RepublicTime Period: 14th Century
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Columbia Pictures-Original Film-Revolution Studios-Sony Pictures-Neal H. Moritz Productions
movie

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…

Setting: Prague, Czech RepublicTime Period: 2000s
Anthropoid

Anthropoid

LD Entertainment-22h22-Lucky Man Films-Silver A
movie

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

Setting: Prague, Czech RepublicTime Period: WWII era, 1941-1942
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague

Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague

Eagle Rock Film Productions
movie

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…

Setting: Prague, Czech RepublicTime Period: 2016
City of Lost Souls

City of Lost Souls

by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
book

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…

Setting: ['New York City, New York (United States)', 'Venice (Italy)', 'Prague (Praha) (Czech Republic)', 'Paris (France)', 'Ireland']Time Period: 1998
The Cremator

The Cremator

Filmové studio Barrandov
movie

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…

Setting: Prague, CzechoslovakiaTime Period: Late 1930s
Daisies

Daisies

Filmové studio Barrandov
movie

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

Setting: CzechoslovakiaTime Period: 1960s

The 10 stories above are just a sample of the 278 in the catalogue for this entry. For the full live catalogue, open Czechia in the StoryTerra app. On the live map you can also filter by the exact time the stories take place — any year, decade or century, from BCE to the future.

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