PT Journal AU Gmiterkova, S TI Czech film stars SO Iluminace PY 2012 BP 25 EP 29 VL 24 IS 1 WP https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201201-0002.php DE film stars; star theory; star studies SN 0862397X AB An introduction to the following block of articles devoted to the relationship of Czech film stars, both First Republic and contemporary. It introduces the theory of stars and stardom (star studies) in an attempt to anchor it in contemporary film research and briefly introduces the issues and main ideas of each paper. ER