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Prk: The Shadow over Prague

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'Prk: The Shadow over Prague' is a 2016 Czech animated superhero film, which premiered on 20 June 2016. It was inspired by an urban legend about Prk, the Spring Man of Prague, by Rychl py and the legend of the Golem of Prague. Director Marek Berger has said that he intends to make sequels.

Plot



The film begins with the Gestapo raiding the flat of David Brzda. Brzda resists arrest and eventually escapes by jumping out of a window. Brzda then turns to crime and becomes Prk.

The Germans plan to revive the Golem of Prague and use him for their purposes. They retrieve the "Hedge in a Cage", an artefact needed to revive Golem. Prk wants to foil their plan but is distracted when he sees a Jewish woman threatened by group of German soldiers. Prk kills the soldiers but the woman is revealed to be a German agent and attacks him. They fight while the Germans revive Golem, who starts to destroy everything around. Prk defeats the agent and drugs her. Prk then goes to fight Golem. He eventually lures Golem to the Vltava where he switches him off. Prk then tries to flee but his legs are shot off by the agent. Prk is captured but the German scientist who helped to revive Golem wants Prk alive. The film concludes after the war when Prk is found in a German Bunker. It is revealed that the scientist gave him robotic legs.

Reception



'Prk: The Shadow over Prague' won the Opavsk Pv award for the best student film of 2016 and for best animated student film of 2016.

References




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