Czechoslovakian Wolfdog

Alpha (2018)
Alpha (2018)

Need a wolf for your film? Why not try a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog? Talk about typecasting! It seems no CW has ever played herself on the big screen—but almost exclusively her wild cousin.

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Czechoslovakian Wolfdog in a movie scene.
Alpha (2018)

Alpha * Year: 2018 * Country: US * Breed content: High

Chuck, along with several others and CGI, plays the title role.

Czechoslovakian Wolfdog puppy.
Hanna (2011)

Hanna * Year: 2011 * Country: Germany/UK/US * Breed content: Low

Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs as wolf puppies.

Jack London’s Son of the Wolf * AKA: Son of the Wolf * Year: 2024 * Country: US * Breed content: Medium

This film is so egregious even diehard CW enthusiasts are advised not to watch any more than it takes to fast-forward for the dog scenes only.

Czechoslovakian Wolfdog snarling in a movie scene.
L’anno mille (2008)

L’anno mille * Year: 2008 * Country: Italy * Breed content: Low

Low-budget fantasy melodrama with a vicious “wolf”.

Le Pacte des loups * AKA: Brotherhood of the Wolf * Year: 2001 * Country: France * Breed content: Low

Also features a real wolf.

Group of Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs behind a fence in a movie scene.
Mein Freund der Wolf (1999)

Mein Freund der Wolf * Year: 1999 * Country: Germany * Breed content: Medium

A pack of captive wolves played by CWs.

The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge * Year: 2005 * Country: UK * Breed content: Medium

Dramatization film from a three-part British TV series, this episode inspired by rare wolf attacks on humans in Sweden in the 1820s.

Czechoslovakian Wolfdog with young girl.
Surviving with Wolves (2007)

Survivre avec les loups * AKA: Surviving with Wolves * Year: 2007 * Country: Belgium/France/Germany * Breed content: Low

There are real wolves as well. Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs play the puppies. This movie is famed for being based on a memoir that the author revealed was really fictitious soon after the film adaptation was released.

Vlad * Year: 2003 * Country: US * Breed content: Unknown

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