Wonderful Times (Czech: Vyprávěj, literally Narrate) is a Czech retro television series. It was produced by Dramedy Productions, whose producers Filip Bobiňski and Petr Šizling created the series with screenwriter Rudolf Merkner.[2] 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.[3]
| Vyprávěj | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama |
| Directed by | Biser Arichtev[1] |
| Country of origin | Czech Republic |
| Original language | Czech |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 106 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Czech Television |
| Release | 2009 – 2013 |
Plot
editThe 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.[4]
Cast
edit- Nina Divíšková as Alžběta Dvořáková
- Radoslav Brzobohatý as František Kopecký
- Svatopluk Skopal as Josef Dvořák
- Veronika Freimanová as Jana Dvořáková
- Roman Vojtek as Karel Dvořák
- Andrea Kerestešová as Eva Dvořáková née Martináková
- Štěpán Tesáček/Jakub Pozler/Oliver Sieber/Marián Mikš/Zdeněk Piškula/Jiří Novák/Braňo Holiček/Matěj Hádek as Jan "Honza" Dvořák
- Jakub Sehnalík/Filip Antonio/Štěpán Krtička/Štěpán Benoni as Matěj Dvořák
- Jaromír Nosek as Antonín Sova ml.
- Andrea Nováková/Hana Vagnerová as Zuzana Sovová née Dvořáková
- Kateřina Císařovská/Anastázie Chocholatá/Lucie Šteflová as Magdalena Sovová
- Petr Pěknic as Dan Kolář
- David Prachař as Radim Dvořák
- Mahulena Bočanová as Milada Dvořáková
- Lenka Zahradnická as Renata Dvořáková
- Martin Zounar as Oto Slaný AKA Slaňoch
- Oldřich Hajlich as Roman Dvořák
- Eva Zubíčková as Marika Dvořáková née Růžičková
- František Šmirous / Matěj Švehla as Viktor Dvořák
- Pavel Trávníček as Mikuláš Dvořák
- Johana Munzarová as Hilda Dvořáková
- Lenka Ouhrabková as Julie
- Judita Jansman as Anna
- Dana Syslová as Marie Sovová
- Oldřich Vlach as Antonín Sova senior
- Marián Labuda as Janko Martinák
- Marta Sladečková as Maria Martináková
- Zuzana Čapková as Jana Oplatková née Martináková
- Ladislav Hampl as Marek Oplatka
- Milena Minichová as Katarína Kupsová née Martináková
- Josef Polášek as Hynek Kupsa
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||
| 1 | 26 | 31 August 2009 | 22 February 2010 |
| 2 | 16 | 3 September 2010 | 17 December 2010 |
| 3 | 26 | 9 September 2011 | 23 March 2012 |
| 4 | 16 | 7 September 2012 | 11 January 2013 |
| 5 | 22 | 18 January 2013 | 14 June 2013 |
References
edit- ^ "Režisér Biser Arichtev je podepsán pod úspěšnými seriály "První republika", "Vyprávěj" a teď aktuálně točí další dobový seriál "Četníci z Luhačovic". Proč ho baví projekty, které se neodehrávají v současnosti?". mujrozhlas.cz (in Czech). 16 May 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Dramedy Productions mění po 20 letech vizuální identitu". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Tohle jste o televizní sérii Vyprávěj nevěděli. Kolik stál jeden díl a jak seriálová Eva reagovala na nuda pláž v Německu?". super.cz (in Czech). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Presskit k seriálu Vyprávěj" (PDF). Česká televize. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
External links
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