Bohéma is a Czech historical drama television series about film stars of the First Republic during and after the Second World War, more precisely in a period 1938–1953. The first episode was watched by over one million viewers, but some historians and relatives of depicted characters pointed out some inaccuracies.

Cast

* Michal Balcar and

Ondřej Pavelka Ondřej () is a Czech given name, equivalent to Andrew, Andreas etc. Notable people with the name include: Sports *Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier * Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player *Ondřej Čelůstka (born 19 ...

as dramaturg Arnošt *

David Novotný David Novotný (born 12 June 1969) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1985. Career Novotný played Mr. Švec in the 2019 Czech film '' Vlastníci'' (''Owners''), which was only released in the US in August 2023 and ...

as Jaroslav Marvan *

Vladimír Javorský Vladimír Javorský (born 2 May 1962 in Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the co ...

as Vlasta Burian * Saša Rašilov as Oldřich Nový *

Adéla Petřeková Adéla Jergová (born November 27, 2003), known mononymously as Adéla (stylized in all caps), is a Slovak singer and songwriter. She began her solo music career in 2024 with the release of her first two singles, "Homewrecked" and "Superscar". ...

as Adina Mandlová *

Michal Dlouhý Michal (; ; ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Judah, then of all Israel, making ...

as Zdeněk Štěpánek * Petr Stach as Martin Frič *

Jaroslav Plesl Jaroslav Plesl (born 20 October 1974) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * '' Grandhotel'' (2006) * '' Men in Rut'' (2009) * '' Největší z Čechů'' (2010) * '' Sunday League – Pepik Hnatek's Final Match'' (2012) * ''Family Film ...

as Miloš Havel *

Pavel Batěk Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given ...

as Otakar Vávra * Petr Jeništa as Václav Binovec * Gabriela Míčová as Nina Burianová *

Gabriela Mikulková Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela' ...

as Alice Nová *

Lenka Vlasáková Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song " The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well ...

as Elena Hálková *

Václav Jiráček Václav Jiráček (born 28 September 1978 in Prague) is a Czech theatre and film actor. He has appeared in films, TV series and theatre productions. Life After doing a degree in business, he decided to go into acting and was eventually admitte ...

as Jiří Weiss *

Judit Bárdos Judit Bárdos, married Pecháček (born 12 May 1988) is a Slovak actress of Hungarian ethnicity. She is the daughter of politician Gyula Bárdos and journalist Ágnes Bárdos. Bárdos won the Best Actress Award at the 2012 The Sun in a Net Awa ...

as Lili Krallová * Jan Hájek as Willy Söhnel * Rostislav Novák as František Čáp *

Vladimír Polívka Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology T ...

as Oldřich Papež * Annette Nesvadbová as Arnošt's daughter * Petra Jungmanová as Eliška Novotná *

Jan Novotný Jan Novotný (17 June 1929 – 23 January 2005) was a Czech glass artist, painter and art teacher. Biography Novotný was born in Pustá Polom, Czechoslovakia and studied at the secondary glass school in Kamenický Šenov and from 1952 at the Ac ...

as Emil Vokolek *

Zdeněk Tyc Zdeněk is a Czech language, Czech male given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav (disambiguation), Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobn ...

as Vladislav Vančura *

Jiří Dědeček Jiří Dědeček (born 13 February 1953 Karlovy Vary) is a Czech musician, songwriter, poet, translator, writer and author of numerous radio and television programs. He performed in tandem with Jan Burian In the years 1973–1985. Dědeček is a ...

as Karel Hašler * Tomáš Milostný as Jan Drda *

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 Josef Opluštil *

Aleš Procházka Aleš is a Czech name, Czech and Slovenian name, appearing both as a male given name and a surname (Czech feminine: Alešová). It is a pet form of the names Alexej, Alexander, Alexius, etc. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Aleš ...

as Karel Feix *

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 Vladislav Čaloun * Renata Visnerová-Prokopová as Anna Letenská * Vilém Udatný as Karel Höger * Jiří Racek as Julius Fučík *

Aleš Bílík Aleš is a Czech and Slovenian name, appearing both as a male given name and a surname (Czech feminine: Alešová). It is a pet form of the names Alexej, Alexander, Alexius, etc. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Aleš Bárta (b ...

as Dušan Hubáček *

Jiří Ployhar Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE'') is a Czech masculine given name, equivalent to English George. Notable people with the name include: B *Georg Benda (Jiří Antonín Benda), Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister *Jiří Baborovský, Czech physica ...

as Martin Bouchal * Tomáš Pavelka as Jan Roth *

Filip Čapka Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover". In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given nam ...

as illuminator *

Karel Dobrý Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czechs, Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the ''Frank Herbert's Dune, Dune'' 2000 miniseries, and Korba (Dune), Korba in the 2003 sequel ''Frank Herbert's Children of ...

as Václav Kopecký * Jiří Čapka as Emil Hácha * Tomáš Racek as Vítězslav Nezval *

Marek Pospíchal Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to: * Marek (given name) * Marek (surname) * Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944) * The tit ...

as Elmar Klos

Production

Filming takes place in the ABC Theatre,

Barrandov Studios Barrandov Studios is a set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe. Barrandov has made several major Hollywood productions, including ''Mission: Impossible (film), ...

and other locations in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

and

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

Episodes

References

External links

Official site
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ČSFD site
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