''Ulice'' is a Czech
soap opera
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produced by
Nova
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. It is aired five times a week. In
Czech
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* 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, ...
''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
Prague
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. Their daily battle against real problems of living in a modern world like
divorce
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, love, betrayal,
drug addiction
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,
gay rights
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, and illness or
disease
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. ''Ulice'' often shows crime (for example a group of
Ukrainian
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* So ...
mafia, assassination of mafia boss Ševčenko, stalking by Mr. Kukačka).
Cast
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Václav Svoboda as Lumír Nykl.
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Rudolf Hrušínský jr. as Vlastimil Pešek.
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Ilona Svobodová as Jitka Farská.
* Daniel Brown as Henry Rettig.
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Ljuba Krbová Ljuba may refer to:
* Ljuba (given name), a Slavic given name
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as Anna Málková-Lišková.
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Martin Hofmann as Jaroslav Hejl.
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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.
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Zdena Hadrbolcová as Růžena Habartová.
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Tereza Bebarová as Světlana Lisečko-Nyklová.
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Jakub Štáfek as Matěj Jordán.
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Petr Vacek
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as Tomáš Jordán.
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Aneta Krejčíková as Gabriela Pumrová.
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Patricie Solaříková as Tereza Jordanová.
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Anna Fixová as Monika Farská.
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Ondřej Pavelka as Oldřich Farský.
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Jana Birgusová
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as Lída Farská-Kostková.
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Pavla Tomicová as Simona Bláhova-Hložánková.
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Michaela Badinková as Lenka Drápalová-Hejlová.
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Hana Maciuchová as Miriam Hejlová.
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Michaela Maurerová as Dagmar 'Digi' Bendová.
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Tereza Brodská as Bára Jordánová.
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Adrian Jastraban as Bedřich Liška.
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Šárka Ullrichová as Zuzana Hrubá.
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Pavel Kříž as Petr Boháč.
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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.
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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.
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Roman Vojtek
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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.
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Miroslav Hanuš as Antonín Hložánek.
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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.
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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 Evžen Šmýd.
External links
Official website on TV NovaOfficial website on Voyo*
Czech television soap operas
TV Nova (Czech TV channel) original programming
2005 Czech television series debuts
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