• StatusEnded
  • Rating7.109
  • Created by:Agnieszka Holland
  • Production
    CompaniesHBO, Nutprodukce, ETAMP Film Production
  • GenreDrama, War & Politics
  • Episode
    Runtime235mins
  • First Air
    Date2013-01-27
  • NetworksHBO Europe

Overview

Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Burešová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach’s sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.

Casts

Tatiana Pauhofová

Jaroslava Pokorná

Petr Stach

Vojtěch Kotek

Patrik Děrgel

Martin Huba

Igor Bareš

Adrian Jastraban

Jan Budař

Ivan Trojan

Denny Ratajský

Jenovéfa Boková

David Novotný

Emma Smetana

Taťjana Medvecká

Ivana Uhlířová

Stanislav Zindulka

Michaela Procházková

Alois Švehlík

Miroslav Krobot

Ondřej Malý

Tomáš Dianiška

Jiří Bábek

Hana Marie Maroušková

Zuzana Truplová

Marian Roden

Jana Pidrmanová

Lukáš Příkazký

Filip Čapka

Martin Sitta

Lenka Loubalová

Václav Marhold

Ivan Řezáč

Ivan G'Vera

Ivo Kubečka

Josef Hervert

Claudia Vašeková

Jiří Kohout

Hynek Chmelař

Luboš Veselý

Roman Slovák

Ctirad Götz

Miroslav Sabadin

Marta Vítů

Pavla Gajdošíková

Petr Franěk

Lukáš Křišťan

Karel Wiencek

Milan Enčev

Rostislav Novák

Milena Šajdková

Veronika Janků

Jiří Vobecký

Jakub Zindulka

Pavlína Balner

Petr Vančura

Jacob Erftemeijer

Samuel Spišák

Bohdan Tůma

Jaroslav Achab Haidler

Petr Bucháček

Sebastian Jacques