''Ulice'' is a Czech

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produced by

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. It is aired five times a week. In 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

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

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, love, betrayal, drug addiction,

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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 Tereza Bebarová is a Czech stage, television actress and voice artist. Biography She was born 8 July 1975 in Bohumín, Karviná District, Czechoslovakia. In childhood she liked singing and dancing. Bebarová studied Acting at the Conservatory in ...

as Světlana Lisečko-Nyklová. *

Jakub Štáfek Jacob is a common male given name and a less well-known surname. It is a cognate of James, derived from Late Latin ''Iacobus'', from Greek ''Iakobos'', from Hebrew (''Yaʿaqōḇ''), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebe ...

as Matěj Jordán. * Petr Vacek as Tomáš Jordán. *

Aneta Krejčíková Aneta Krejčíková (born 29 April 1991 in Prague) is a Czech actress, known mainly for her role in the TV soap opera Ulice. Selected filmography Films * ''Sama v čase normálnosti '' (2010) TV * '' Poupata'' (2011) * ''Láska je láska'' ( ...

as Gabriela Pumrová. * Patricie Solaříková as Tereza Jordanová. *

Anna Fixová Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

as Monika Farská. *

Ondřej Pavelka 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 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 Michaela Badinková (born 25 January 1979) is a Slovak actress. Biography Badinková was born in Malacky, Czechoslovakia. She studied Conservatory in Bratislava and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Theatre Divadlo Na Fidlovačce *''M ...

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 Michaela (Hebrew מיכאלה) is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England ...

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. *

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as Bedřich Liška. *

Šárka Ullrichová Šárka Ullrichová (born 10 December 1974) is a Czech actress best known for her role as Zuzana Hrubá in ''Ulice''. She was born on December 10, 1974, in the town of Turnov in Czechoslovakia. Having graduated from the DAMU, she received a job ...

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 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