''Ulice'' is a Czech

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produced by

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. It is aired five times a week. In

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''ulice'' means 'street'. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nykl, Liška and Maléř families and many other people that live in

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. Their daily battle against real problems of living in a modern world like

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, love, betrayal,

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, and illness or

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. ''Ulice'' often shows crime (for example a group of

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mafia, assassination of mafia boss Ševčenko, stalking by Mr. Kukačka).

Cast

Václav Svoboda Václav Svoboda (born 16 September 1999) is a Czech footballer who plays as a right-back. Club career Svoboda made his professional Czech First League debut for 1. FK Příbram against FK Teplice FK Teplice is a Czech football club based in ...

as Lumír Nykl. * Rudolf Hrušínský jr. as Vlastimil Pešek. * Ilona Svobodová as Jitka Farská. * Daniel Brown as Henry Rettig. *

Ljuba Krbová Ljuba may refer to: * Ljuba (given name), a Slavic given name * Ljuba, Serbia, a village in Syrmia, Vojvodina * 1062 Ljuba 1062 Ljuba, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, a ...

as Anna Málková-Lišková. *

Martin Hofmann Martin Hofmann (born 31 March 1978) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * ''Pleasant Moments'' (2006) * ''A Prominent Patient'' (2016) * '' The Affair'' (2019) * ''Women on the Run'' (2019) * ''Shotgun Justice'' (2019) * ''Havel'' (2020 ...

as Jaroslav Hejl. *

Jaroslava Obermaierová Jaroslava Obermaierová (born 10 April 1946 in Prague) is a Czech actress. She starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra, as well as the TV-series Ulice. References

1946 births Living people Actresses fro ...

as Vilma Nyklová. *

Zdena Hadrbolcová Zdena Hadrbolcová (13 July 1937 – 20 November 2023) was a Czech actress. Life Zdena Hadrbolcová was born on 13 July 1937 in Prague. She was educated at a French grammar school in Prague and studied theatre directing at the Academy of Perf ...

as Růžena Habartová. * Tereza Bebarová as Světlana Lisečko-Nyklová. * Jakub Štáfek as Matěj Jordán. *

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 politic ...

as Tomáš Jordán. * Aneta Krejčíková as Gabriela Pumrová. * Patricie Solaříková as Tereza Jordanová. * Anna Fixová as Monika Farská. * Ondřej Pavelka as Oldřich Farský. *

Jana Birgusová Jana may refer to: Entertainment * ''Jana'' (film), a 2004 Tamil film by Shaji Kailas * Jana (singer) (born 1974), Serbian singer * Jana (Native American singer), née Jana Mashonee * ''Jana of the Jungle'', animated series created by Doug Wild ...

as Lída Farská-Kostková. *

Pavla Tomicová Pavla Tomicová (born 25 June 1962) is a Czech actress. She won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress in 1999 for her role of ''Maryša'' in the play ''Maryša - po pravdě však "Mařka"'' at the in Hradec Králové. Tomicová has acted in ...

as Simona Bláhova-Hložánková. * Michaela Badinková as Lenka Drápalová-Hejlová. *

Hana Maciuchová Hana Maciuchová (29 November 1945 – 26 January 2021) was a Czech film, television and stage actress. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague. She was awarded the Czech Medal of Merit in 2010. Selected filmography *'' Krkonošské po ...

as Miriam Hejlová. * Michaela Maurerová as Dagmar 'Digi' Bendová. *

Tereza Brodská Tereza Brodská (born 7 May 1968) is a Czech actress. She is the daughter of Czech acting couple Vlastimil Brodský and Jana Brejchová. Brodská performed her first acting role in 1972. She has performed in long-running Czech soap ''Ulice''. S ...

as Bára Jordánová. * Adrian Jastraban as Bedřich Liška. * Šárka Ullrichová as Zuzana Hrubá. *

Pavel Kříž Pavel Kříž (born 18 April 1961 in Brno) is a Czechs, Czech actor and psychotherapist. In December 2010 Kříž won the StarDance (Czech season 4), fourth season of StarDance (Czech TV series), StarDance with his professional partner Alice St ...

as Petr Boháč. *

Jana Švandová Jana Švandová (born 3 July 1947) is a Czech actress. She has appeared in more than 65 films and television shows since 1969. Selected filmography * ''Svět otevřený náhodám'' (1971) * ''Lovers in the Year One'' (1973) * ''The Garden (1995 ...

as Zdena Čistá. *

Ondřej Brzobohatý 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 (bor ...

as Marek Stránský. *

Roman Vojtek Roman Vojtek (born 14 April 1972) is a Czech actor, television presenter, and singer. Life and career Early life and education Vojtek, born in Vsetín in the former Czechoslovakia, had to take care of himself from the age of fourteen due to th ...

as Hynek Urban. *

Miroslav Hanuš Miroslav Hanuš (born 22 May 1963) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * '' ROMing'' (2007) * ''Innocence'' (2011) * ''We Are Never Alone'' (2016) * ''Po strništi bos'' (2017) * '' Domestik'' (2018) * ''Charlatan'' (2020) * ''Havel'' ...

as Antonín Hložánek. *

Matouš Ruml Matouš Ruml (born 4 October 1985) is a Czech actor, known mainly for his role in the TV series '' Comeback''. Biography Ruml was born on 4 October 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He studied at Prague Conservatory, before joining the City The ...

as David Kučera. *

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 Evžen Šmýd.

External links

Official website on TV Nova

Official website on Voyo
* Czech television soap operas TV Nova (Czech TV channel) original programming 2005 Czech television series debuts {{CzechRepublic-tv-prog-stub