''Wonderful Times'' ( cz, Vyprávěj, literally ''Narrate'') is a
Czech
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retro
television series
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. It was produced by Dramedy Productions, whose producers Filip Bobiňski and Petr Šizling created the series with screenwriter Rudolf Merkner.
The plot takes place in Czechoslovakia (later in the Czech Republic) and is set in real historical events that influence the stories of individual characters. Authors wanted to evoke atmosphere of the time with excerpts from Czechoslovak film weeklies of the time with original comments, by new historicizing commentary narrated by Vladimír Fišer, or by period music. The story is accompanied by the voice of the narrator, who was lent to the project by the actor Vojtěch Kotek and then by Matěj Hádek. The series was a large success and is considered one of the most successful projects of Czech Television.
Plot
The plot is told by Honza Dvořák, who is trying to record the history of his family, based on the stories of his parents and grandparents.
The opening scene takes place in the present, at the wedding of Honza and Lucie - the daughter of Honza's father Karel's lifelong enemy - Jarda France. The plot of the series is gradually moving towards this wedding again.
Cast
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Nina Divíšková as Alžběta Dvořáková
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Radoslav Brzobohatý
Radoslav Brzobohatý (; 13 September 1932 – 12 September 2012) was a Czech film and television actor.
Brzobohatý was born in Vrútky, Czechoslovakia. He appeared in many Czech TV shows, including '' 30 Cases of Major Zeman'', ''Ulice'' and ...
as František Kopecký
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Svatopluk Skopal as Josef Dvořák
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Veronika Freimanová as Jana Dvořáková
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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 Karel Dvořák
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Andrea Kerestešová as Eva Dvořáková née Martináková
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Štěpán Tesáček/
Jakub Pozler/
Oliver Sieber/
Marián Mikš/
Zdeněk Piškula
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Jiří Novák
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Career
Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...
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Braňo Holiček/
Matěj Hádek
Matěj Hádek (born 29 November 1975 in Prague
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as Jan "Honza" Dvořák
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Jakub Sehnalík/
Filip Antonio Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip.
In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s.
Notable people with the name include:
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* Filip Barović (born 1990), Montene ...
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Štěpán Krtička
Štěpán Krtička (born March 19, 1996, in Prague) is a Czech film and television child actor.
He dubs films, series and PC games into Czech. Since 2008 he plays the drums with indie rock band The Colorblinds. – Interview in Czech
Filmog ...
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Štěpán Benoni Štěpán ʃcɛpaːnis both a masculine Czech given name, equivalent of English Stephen, and a Czech surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given names
* Štěpán Hřebejk (b. 1982), Czech ice hockey player
* Štěpán Janáček (b. 1 ...
as Matěj Dvořák
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Jaromír Nosek Jaromír, Jaromir, Jaroměr is a Slavic male given name.
Origin and meaning
Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems ''jaro'' and ''mír''.
The meaning is not definite:
*Polish ''jary'' (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; ''m ...
as Antonín Sova ml.
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Andrea Nováková/
Hana Vagnerová
Hana Vagnerová (born 21 February 1983) is a Czech stage and television actress.
Biography
She was born in 1983 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was raised in Prague's district Jižní Město. She began as a model. She studied at a Gymnasium (sc ...
as Zuzana Sovová née Dvořáková
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Kateřina Císařovská/
Anastázie Chocholatá/
Lucie Šteflová as Magdalena Sovová
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Petr Pěknic as Dan Kolář
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David Prachař as Radim Dvořák
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Mahulena Bočanová as Milada Dvořáková
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Lenka Zahradnická as Renata Dvořáková
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Martin Zounar
Martin Zounar (born 26 May 1967) is a Czech actor and TV personality. He first gained national fame as the young soldier Tomáš in the TV series ''Chlapci a chlapi''. Some of his other roles include the films, '' Pták Ohnivák'', '' Vesklák'' ...
as Oto Slaný AKA Slaňoch
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Oldřich Hajlich as Roman Dvořák
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Eva Zubíčková as Marika Dvořáková née Růžičková
*František Šmirous / Matěj Švehla as Viktor Dvořák
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Pavel Trávníček
Pavel Trávníček (born October 26, 1950) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than 70 film and television productions since 1971, most of them produced in Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, occasionally in Germany.
Trávníček is probably be ...
as Mikuláš Dvořák
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Johana Munzarová as Hilda Dvořáková
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Lenka Ouhrabková as Julie
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Judita Jansman as Anna
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Dana Syslová as Marie Sovová
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Oldřich Vlach as Antonín Sova senior
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Marián Labuda
Marián Labuda (28 October 1944 – 5 January 2018) was a Slovak actor.
He was born in Hontianske Nemce. In 1964, he graduated from the ''Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava'' (VŠMU). He became a member of the Slovak National Theatr ...
as Janko Martinák
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Marta Sladečková as Maria Martináková
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Zuzana Čapková as Jana Oplatková née Martináková
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Ladislav Hampl
Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava.
Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada.
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In Bulgarian ...
as Marek Oplatka
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Milena Minichová as Katarína Kupsová née Martináková
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Josef Polášek as Hynek Kupsa
Episodes
References
External links
Official website*
2009 Czech television series debuts
Czech Television original programming
Czech drama television series
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