''Černí baroni'' is a Czech television series that aired in 2004. It is based on a series of books by
Miloslav Švandrlík
Miloslav Švandrlík (10 August 1932 – 26 October 2009) was a Czech writer and humourist. He also used the pseudonym Roman Kefalín.
Life and work
Miloslav Švandrlík was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1932. After finishing secondary ...
, including ''Černí baroni'' (1990), ''Říkali mu Terazky'' (1991), and ''Pět sekyr poručíka Hamáčka'' (1993). The show takes as its background one of the "technical auxiliary battalions" of the
Czechoslovak People's Army
The Czechoslovak People's Army (, , ČSLA) was the armed forces of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1954 until 1989. From 1955 it was a member force of the Warsaw Pact. On 14 March 1990 ...
during the
socialist era in Czechoslovakia.
Cast and characters
* Andrej Hryc as Major Haluška
* Radek Holub as Private Kefalín
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Vítězslav Jandák
Vítězslav Jandák (born 3 August 1947) is a Czech actor and politician who served as the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic in Cabinet of Jiří Paroubek from 2005 to 2006. He also served as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from ...
as Captain Ořech
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Tomáš Töpfer
Tomáš Töpfer (born 10 January 1951) is a Czech Republic, Czech film and television actor and politician. He was named Best Actor at the 1995 Alfréd Radok Awards. At the 2006 Thalia Awards he won the category of Best Actor in an Operetta or Mus ...
as Captain Reich
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Karel Heřmánek
Karel Heřmánek (17 October 1947 – 24 August 2024) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1976 and 2008, including the role of Lucifer in 1984's '' S čerty nejsou žerty'' (''Give the Devil His Due'').
Heřmánek di ...
as Captain Honec
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Oldřich Kaiser
Oldřich Kaiser (born 16 May 1955) is a Czech television, film, and stage actor known mostly for his comedic roles.
Education and career
Kaiser graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1978. He began his acting career with the ...
as Lieutenant Troník
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Bolek Polívka
Boleslav Polívka (born 31 July 1949, in Vizovice) is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films.
Career
Polívka first started appearing in films in the 1960s. He graduated from ...
as Lieutenant Hamáček
* Petr Rychlý as Lieutenant Pecháček
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Petr Nárožný
Petr Nárožný (born 14 April 1938) is a Czech actor, television presenter, comedian, and entertainer.
Life and career
As a boy, Nárožný spent part of World War II in Germany, where he experienced Allied bombings. He graduated from the Facu ...
as General Mandel
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Pavel Liška
Pavel Liška (born 29 January 1972) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1997.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Czech male film actors
Janáček Academy of Musi ...
as Private Ciml
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Martin Myšička
Martin Myšička (born 9 March 1970) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1996. He won the 'Talent of the Year' award at the Alfréd Radok Awards while still at university. He has been performing at the for more th ...
as Private Šternberk
References
External links
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Černí baroni on Česká Televize
2004 Czech television series debuts
2004 television series endings
Czech comedy television series
Czech-language television shows
Television shows set in the Czech Republic
Television shows filmed in the Czech Republic
Czech Television original programming
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