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A Window onto the World /documentary premiere/

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25 / 5 / 2026
Monday 20.00

Free entry upon registration

Premiere of Martin Suchánek’s documentary about 80th Prague Spring. A documentary film A Window onto the World, has been produced as a coproduction of the Prague Spring Festival, Czech Television and Innogy Česká republika. The film offers a portrait of both the eighty-year history and the present-day life of the Prague Spring Festival. It features contributions from leading figures such as Semyon Bychkov, Václav Hudeček, Jan Klusák, Jiří Chvála and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, while historical footage brings together legendary artists including Herbert von Karajan, Charles Munch, Rafael Kubelík and Rudolf Firkušný. The document is in Czech language with English subtitles.

Premiere screening in collaboration with the Institut français de Prague

Header photo: Herbert von Karajan and Karel Ančerl at the Prague Spring Festival in 1963. Photo: Václav Chochola / © B&M Chochola Archive

Herbert von Karajan at the Prague Spring Festival in 1966 © Zdeněk Chrapek