''Božena'' is a 2021 Czech Biographical miniseries directed by director Lenka Wimmerová. It is a miniseries about
Božena Němcová
Božena Němcová () (4 February 1820 in Vienna – 21 January 1862 in Prague) was a Czech writer of the final phase of the ''Czech National Revival'' movement.
Her image is featured on the 500 CZK denomination of the Česká koruna.
Biograph ...
. Czech Television planned to broadcast it in 2020, the year of the bicentenary of the writer's birth, but in the end it was moved to the beginning of 2021. Božena Němcová was portrayed by Anna Kameníková and Anna Geislerová while her husband Josef was portrayed by Jan Hájek.
The first episode premiered on 3 January 2021 on
ČT1
ČT1 (ČT Jedna, Česká televize 1, "''Jednička''") is the Czech public television channel, operated by Česká televize. ČT1 is a general purpose channel, showing family-oriented television, Czech movies, children's programming, news and docum ...
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The last episode was broadcast for the first time by Czech Television on 24 January 2021.
Cast and characters
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Anna Kameníková as Barbora (Božena) Němcová, younger (episode 1 and 2)
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Anna Geislerová
Anna Geislerová, also known as Aňa Geislerová (born 17 April 1976), is a Czech actress. She became well known for her double role of Eliška/Hana in movie '' Želary'' (2003) and as Anna in '' Návrat idiota'' (1999). A former model, Geisler ...
as Božena Němcová (episode 3 and 4)
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Jan Hájek as Josef Němec
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Lukáš Melník as medician Josef Čejka
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Jan Budař
Jan Budař (born 31 July 1977) is a Czech actor, director, singer, composer and script writer.
Biography
Budař was born in Frýdlant near Liberec. He graduated from the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno in 2000. He ...
as medician Vilém Dušan Lambl
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Eva Josefíková as Antonie Reissová, Božena's friend
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Ondřej Malý Ondřej ondr̝ɛjis a Czech given name, similar to English Andrew.
* Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier
* Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player
* Ondřej Čelůstka (born 1989), Czech footballer
* Ondřej Cverna (bo ...
as
František Ladislav Čelakovský
František () is a masculine given name of Czechs, Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis (given name), Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz (given name), Franz. People with the name include:
*Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), ...
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Martin Myšička as Václav Staněk
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Klára Suchá as Karolina Staňková
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Kryštof Hádek as Jaroslav Pospíšil, publisher
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Edita Valášková as Manka, Němec family servant
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Veronika Divišová as Dora Němcová, Božena's and Josef's daughter
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Prokop Zach as Karel Němec, Božena's and Josef's son
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Sebastian Vopěnka as Jaroslav Němec, Božena's and Josef's son
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Marek Daniel
Marek Daniel (born 13 September 1971) is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than 20 films since 1996 and had lead roles in ''Protector
Protector(s) or The Protector(s) may refer to:
Roles and titles
* Protector (title), a title or part of vario ...
as Petr Faster
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Jan Nedbal as Václav Bolemír Nebeský
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Viktor Zavadil as tajný
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Vladimír Javorský
Vladimír Javorský (born 2 May 1962 in Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the ...
as Johann Pankel, Božena's father
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Lucie Žáčková
Lucie Žáčková (born 16 February 1978) is a Czech film and stage actress. She won the Young Talent award at the 2003 Thalia Awards and 2003 Alfréd Radok Awards. She won the Czech Lion award for Best Supporting Actress in 2015 for her role in t ...
as Tereza Panklová, Božena's mother
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Václav Matějovský as
Karel Havlíček Borovský
Karel Havlíček Borovský (; Borová, today ''Havlíčkova Borová;'' 31 October 1821 – 29 July 1856) was a Czech writer, poet, critic, politician, journalist, and publisher.
Early life and education
He lived and studied at the Gymnasium ...
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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) ...
as páter Václav Štulc
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Vladimír Škultéty as Karel Jaromír Erben
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Elizaveta Maximová as
Johana Mužáková, née. Rottová
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Brigita Cmuntová as Žofie Rottová
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Adam Joura as Hanuš Jurenka, Božena's lover
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Jiří Maryško as František Náprstek-Halánek
References
External links
Official page*
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Czech Television original programming
Czech biographical television series
Czech historical television series
2021 Czech television series debuts
Czech television miniseries
Czech Lion Awards winners (television series)