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''Czech Century'' ( cz, České století, is a
Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...
historical
television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed be ...
. It deals with the background of important historical events in Czech history since
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
to Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. According to the creators, it is not a pure documentary series, but rather a film series "exposing the taboo of key events of our modern history". In particular, the series studies the psychology and mental motivations of individual actors of historical events in the moments when these personalities "had a knife to their throats" and were aware that their decision would affect not only their loved ones, but the entire nation for many years to come. The authors deliberately do not evaluate whether the persons in question behaved right or wrong from a historical point of view. ''"Legendary characters are just people who sweat, speculate, live paradoxes, go to the toilet and talk about banalities, themselves confused about where history has taken them, and follow the only possible principle, which is the 'moral law within me', however they end up acting badly and selfishly."'' — series creators.


Cast

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Martin Huba Martin Huba (born 16 July 1943 in Bratislava) is a Slovak actor and director on stage and in film. In 1964 he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). He joined the Východoslovenské štátne divadlo (Košice Stat ...
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Tomáš Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (7 March 185014 September 1937) was a Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist, and philosopher. Until 1914, he advocated restructuring the Austro-Hungarian Empire into a federal state. With the help of ...
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Daniela Kolářová Daniela Kolářová (born 21 September 1946 in Cheb) is a Czech actress. She has appeared in several Theatre Studio DVA productions. Filmography Film * ''Kawasaki's Rose'' (2009) * '' Vratné lahve'' (2007) ... Eliška * '' Tmavomodrý svě ...
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Charlotte Garrigue Charlotte Garrigue Masaryk ( cz, Charlotta Garrigue-Masaryková; née Garrigue; 20 November 1850 – 13 May 1923) was the American-born wife of the Czechoslovak philosopher, sociologist, and politician, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first Preside ...
* Jiří Bábek as
Jan Masaryk Jan Garrigue Masaryk (14 September 1886 – 10 March 1948) was a Czech diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948. American journalist John Gunther described Masaryk as "a brave, honest, turbul ...
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Ivana Uhlířová Ivana Uhlířová (born 23 July 1980) is a Czech actress. After being named Talent of the Year at the 2006 Alfréd Radok Awards, she won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress in 2010 for her role of ''Alžběta'' in the Ödön von Horváth ...
as Olga Masaryková *
Martin Finger Martin Finger (born 16 December 1970) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * '' Walking Too Fast'' (2010) * '' Long Live the Family!'' (2011) * ''I, Olga Hepnarová'' (2016) * '' Toman'' (2018) * ''Metanol'' (2018) * '' The Word'' (2022) ...
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Jan Novotný Jan Novotný (17 June 1929 – 23 January 2005) was a Czech glass artist, painter and art teacher. Biography Novotný was born in Pustá Polom, Czechoslovakia and studied at the secondary glass school in Kamenický Šenov and from 1952 at the ...
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Edvard Beneš Edvard Beneš (; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from 1945 to 1948. He also led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1939 to 194 ...
* Monika Fingerová as Hana Benešová * Jaromír Janeček as Jan Herben * Jan Grygar as Přemysl Šámal * Mário Kubec as
Karel Kramář Karel Kramář (27 December 1860 – 26 May 1937) was a Czech politician. He was a representative of the major Czech political party, the Young Czechs, in the Austrian Imperial Council from 1891 to 1915 (where he was also known as Karl Kramarsc ...
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Igor Bareš Igor Bareš (born 15 April 1966) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * '' The City of the Sun'' (2005) * '' Pleasant Moments'' (2006) * ''An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes'' (2009) * '' Men in Rut'' (2009) * '' Největší z Čechů'' ( ...
as František Thun * Pavel Rímský as Robert Cecil *
Miroslav Donutil Miroslav Donutil (born 7 February 1951) is a Czech theatrical, film and television actor, born in Třebíč. Since 1978 when he appeared as Hloch in '' Čistá řeka'', Donutil has three decades of film and TV appearances. He dubbed the voice of ...
as
David Lloyd George David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during ...
* Ivo Novák as Henry Wickham Steed * Jaromír Nosek as
Robert William Seton-Watson Robert William Seton-Watson (20 August 1879, in London – 25 July 1951, in Skye), commonly referred to as R. W. Seton-Watson and also known by the pseudonym Scotus Viator, was a British political activist and historian who played an activ ...
* Radim Novák as Jaromír Smutný *
Daniel Landa Daniel Landa (born 4 November 1968) is a Czech musician, actor, car racer, and amateur muay thai fighter. Born in Prague, Landa graduated with honours from Prague Conservatory, having studied music and drama. He began his musical career in 1988 ...
as Emanuel Moravec *
Karel Dobrý Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czechs, Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the ''Frank Herbert's Dune, Dune'' 2000 miniseries, and Korba (Dune), Korba in the 2003 sequel ''Frank Herbert's Children of ...
as Lev Prchala * Luboš Veselý as Vojtěch Luža * Miloslav Mejzlík as Ludvík Krejčí * Pavel Batěk as Karel Paleček * David Suchařípa as Silvestr Bláha * Miro Grisa as Karel Husárek * Martin Stránský as Sergej Vojcechovský * Robert Jašków as
Jan Syrový Jan Syrový (24 January 1888 – 17 October 1970) was a Czechoslovak general and the prime minister of Czechoslovakia during the Munich Crisis. Early life and military career Jan Syrový studied building at a technical school. Following his ...
* Ivan Trojan as František Moravec *
Aleš Procházka Aleš is a Slavic male name. The name is used today in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Notable people with the name Aleš * Aleš Čeh (born 1968), Slovenian footballer * Aleš Řebíček (born 1967), Czech politician * Aleš Šmon (b ...
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Sergěj Ingr General of the Army Jan Sergěj Ingr (2 September 1894 – 17 June 1956) was a Czechoslovak Army five star general and the Minister of National Defense in the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Early ...
* Michal Dlouhý as Emil Strankmüller * Andreas Kaulfuss as Eugen de Witte * Hartmut Krug as Wenzel Jaksch * Richard Syms as
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...
* Marian Roden as Hubert Ripka * Jiří Vyorálek as
Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman fro ...
* Rita Jasinská as Marta Gottwaldová *
Radek Holub Radek is a masculine Christian name of Slavic origin. It is often nickname of Radovan, Ctirad and Radoslav. It is used as a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Radek Baborák, Czech conductor and French h ...
as Alexej Čepička * Jaromír Dulava as
Antonín Zápotocký Antonín Zápotocký (19 December 1884 – 13 November 1957) was a Czech communist politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 and the president of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957. Biography He ...
* David Novotný as
Rudolf Slánský Rudolf Slánský (31 July 1901 – 3 December 1952) was a leading Czech Communist politician. Holding the post of the party's General Secretary after World War II, he was one of the leading creators and organizers of Communist rule in Czechosl ...
* Jan Budař as Václav Kopecký * Jiří Štrébl as Václav Nosek * Jiří Havel as Jan Šrámek * Jiří Čapka as Adolf Procházka * Miroslav Babuský as Jan Jína * Vilém Udatný as Ivo Ducháček * Martin Veliký as Július Ďuriš * Václav Knop as Jaroslav Stránský * Matěj Dadák as Prokop Drtina * Hanuš Bor as
Petr Zenkl Petr Zenkl (13 June 1884 – 2 November 1975) was an influential Czech politician, government minister, mayor of Prague, chairman of the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party (1945-1948), deputy prime minister of Czechoslovakia (1946-1948) and th ...
* Peter Varga as Julius Firt * Karel Zima as Bohumil Laušman * Matúš Bukovčan as Štefan Kočvara * Tomáš Kraucher as Vladimír Krajina * Jan Holík as František Hála * Petra Jungmanová as Milada Horáková * Vladimír Koval as Valerian Alexandrovič Zorin * Zdeněk Bureš as
Antonín Novotný Antonín Josef Novotný (10 December 1904 – 28 January 1975) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968, and also held the post of president of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968. An ardent hardliner, Novo ...
* Andrej Bestchastny as Anastas Mikojan * Emil Horváth as
Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Svoboda (25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero,
* Ján Gallovič and Alois Švehlík as
Alexander Dubček Alexander Dubček (; 27 November 1921 – 7 November 1992) was a Slovak politician who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) (''de facto'' leader of Czechoslovak ...
* Peter Marcin as
Vasil Biľak Vasil ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: Васил, Georgian: ვასილ) is a Bulgarian, Macedonian and Georgian masculine given name. It may refer to: * Vasil Adzhalarski, Bulgarian revolutionary, an IMARO leader of revolutionary bands * Vasil A ...
* Oleksandr Ignatuša as
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...
* Alexander Podolkhov as
Alexei Kosygin Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsɨɡʲɪn; – 18 December 1980) was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as the Premi ...
* Ján Greššo as
Gustáv Husák Gustáv Husák (, , ; 10 January 1913 – 18 November 1991) was a Czechoslovak communist politician of Slovak origin, who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the president o ...
* Jiří Zapletal ml. as
Josef Smrkovský Josef Smrkovský (26 February 1911 – 15 January 1974) was a Czechoslovak politician and a member of the Communist Party reform wing during the 1968 Prague Spring The Prague Spring ( cs, Pražské jaro, sk, Pražská jar) was a perio ...
* Jan Vondráček as Oldřich Černík * Zdeněk Černín as František Kriegel * Petr Halberstadt as Zdeněk Mlynář * Marek Daniel as
Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...
* Tereza Hofová as Olga Havlová * David Matásek as
Pavel Kohout Pavel Kohout (born 20 July 1928) is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a Prague Spring participant and dissident in the 1970s until he was not allowed to return from Au ...
* Jan Hájek as Ivan Martin Jirous * František Němec as Jan Patočka *
Petr Vacek Petr is a Czech given name for males and a Czech surname. Petr is the Czech form of ''Peter''. For information on Petr as a first name, see Peter (given name). Given name * Petr Aven (born 1955), Russian billionaire banker, economist and politi ...
as František Šmejkal * Martin Myšička as Jiří Němec * Miroslav Táborský as Jiří Hájek * Michal Pavlata as
Václav Černý Václav Černý (26 March 1905, Jizbice – 2 July 1987, Prague) was a Czechoslovak literary scholar, writer and philosopher. He was an enthusiast of Spanish literature and philosophy and translated into Czech a number of literary and philosophi ...
* Petr Batěk as Petr Uhl * Jiří Lábus as
Ladislav Adamec Ladislav Adamec (10 September 1926 – 14 April 2007) was a Czechoslovak communist politician. Early life Adamec was born in Moravia on 10 September 1926. Career Adamec joined the Presidium in March 1987 and served as the prime minister o ...
* Roman Luknár as Marián Čalfa *
Oldřich Kaiser Oldřich Kaiser (born 16 May 1955) is a Czech television, film, and stage actor known mostly for his comedic roles. Education and career Kaiser graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1978. He began his acting career with th ...
as Oskar Krejčí *
Václav Jiráček Václav Jiráček (born 28 September 1978 in Prague) is a Czech Republic, Czech theatre and film actor. He has appeared in films, TV series and theatre productions. Life After doing a degree in business, he decided to go into acting and was ev ...
as Václav Malý * Jan Krafta as Vladimír Hanzel * Jan Sklenář as
Alexandr Vondra Alexandr Vondra (; born 17 August 1961) is a Czech politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic from 2010 to 2012 under Prime Minister Petr Nečas and has been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019 ...
* Miroslav Hanuš as
Petr Pithart Petr is a Czech given name for males and a Czech surname. Petr is the Czech form of ''Peter''. For information on Petr as a first name, see Peter (given name). Given name * Petr Aven (born 1955), Russian billionaire banker, economist and politic ...
* Daniel Rous as Jiří Křižan * Matej Landl as
Ján Čarnogurský Ján Čarnogurský (born 1 January 1944) is a Slovak former politician, who served as the prime minister of Slovakia (1991–1992) and the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (1990–2000). Today he is chairman of Slovak-Russian ...
* Martin Janouš as Jan Stráský * Martin Dejdar as
Miroslav Macek Miroslav Macek (born 7 December 1944 in Litomyšl, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) is a politician, writer and former deputy prime minister of Czechoslovakia. In May 2006 Macek made international news when, coming from behind, he struck the ...
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Jaroslav Plesl Jaroslav Plesl (born 20 October 1974) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * ''Grandhotel'' (2006) * ''Men in Rut'' (2009) * ''Největší z Čechů'' (2010) * ''Sunday League – Pepik Hnatek's Final Match'' (2012) * ''Family Film'' (20 ...
as
Václav Klaus Václav Klaus (; born 19 June 1941) is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013. From July 1992 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in January 1993, he served as the second ...
* Marek Ťapák as
Vladimír Mečiar Vladimír Mečiar (; born 26 July 1942) is a Slovak politician who served as the prime minister of Slovakia three times, from 1990 to 1991, from 1992 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1998. He was the leader of the People's Party - Movement for a Democr ...
* Bohumil Klepl as Tomáš Ježek * Petr Pelzer as Pavel Tigrid


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