''Wonderful Times'' (, literally ''Narrate'') is a
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* 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
*Czech (surnam ...
retro
television series
A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming plat ...
. 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
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Jan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and thea ...
as Alžběta Dvořáková
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Radoslav Brzobohatý
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Life and career
Radoslav Brzobohatý was born on 13 September 1932 in ...
as František Kopecký
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Svatopluk Skopal Svatopluk (in modern Czech) or Svätopluk (in modern Slovak) is a Slavic given name. It may refer to:
People
*Svatopluk I of Moravia (c. 840–894), prince of Great Moravia from 870/871 to 894
*Svätopluk II (died c. 906), a son of Svatopluk I, pri ...
as Josef Dvořák
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Veronika Freimanová
Veronika Freimanová (born 24 September 1955 in Prague) is a Czech stage, television and film actress. Freimanová is a graduate of Prague Conservatory and currently acts at Divadlo Bez zábradlí.
Filmography
* '' Sněženky a machři'' (1983)
* ...
as Jana Dvořáková
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Roman Vojtek 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/
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
Braňo Holiček (born 14 August 1985, Košice) is a Slovak actor and musician.
His parents recognised his talent at an early age, and enrolled him in a specialised elementary school specialisting in the arts. He performed in kids' talent program ...
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Matěj Hádek
Matěj Hádek (born 29 November 1975 in Prague) is a Czech actor. He starred in the film ''Operace Silver A'' under director Jiří Strach
Jiří Strach (born 29 September 1973) is a Czech film director and actor. He is considered one of the mo ...
as Jan "Honza" Dvořák
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Jakub Sehnalík/
Filip Antonio/
Štěpán Krtička/
Štěpán Benoni Štěpán () is both a masculine Czech given name, equivalent of the 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. 1977), ...
as Matěj Dvořák
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Jaromír Nosek as Antonín Sova ml.
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Andrea Nováková/
Hana Vagnerová as Zuzana Sovová née Dvořáková
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Kateřina Císařovská/
Anastázie Chocholatá/
Lucie Šteflová as Magdalena Sovová
*Ondřej Veselý as Jarda Franc
*Alžbeta Stanková as Veronika Francová
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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 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 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 as Marek Oplatka
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Milena Minichová as Katarína Kupsová née Martináková
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Josef Polášek Josef may refer to
*Josef (given name)
*Josef (surname)
* ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film
*Musik Josef
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as Hynek Kupsa
Episodes
References
External links
Official website*
2009 Czech television series debuts
Czech Television original programming
Czech drama television series
Television series about families
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