Actor (miniseries)
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| Actor | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Petr Bok, Pavel Gotthard |
| Directed by | Peter Bebjak |
| Starring | Jan Cina |
| Country of origin | Czech Republic |
| Original language | Czech |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 76 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ČT1 |
| Release | October 11 – October 25, 2020 |
Herec (English: Actor) is a Czech drama television series directed by Peter Bebjak. It is set in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s.[1]
The title role in the series, the young actor Stanislav Láník, is played by Jan Cina. Láník finds himself in a difficult situation: State Security takes advantage of his homosexuality and uses him as bait to compromise influential figures, in exchange for help with his acting career.[2] Jenovéfa Boková, Emília Vášáryová, Martin Finger and Adrian Jastraban also star in the series.
The three-part series was broadcast every Sunday evening on the ČT1 channel from 11 to 25 October 2020.[1]
- Jan Cina as Standa Láník
- Jenovéfa Boková as Anežka Láníková, Standa's sister
- Emília Vášáryová as Božena Hrubá, Standa's and Anežka's grandmother
- Martin Finger as Captain Jindřich Korčák, StB officer
- Adrian Jastraban as Karel Štěpánský, landlord and Communist
- Jan Nedbal as Zdeněk Špork, Anežka's fiancée
- Luboš Veselý as Professor Viktor Hél
- Pavel Batěk as Colonel Vladimír Kempný
- Elizaveta Maximová as Marta Švarcová, actress
- Judit Bárdos as Eva Doležalová, amateur actress
- Alexander Bárta as Daneš
- Julius Oračko as Farkaš
- Vasil Fridrich as Vaněk
- Jevgenij Libezňuk as Colonel Blochin
- Lukáš Latinák as Pasák
- Dana Černá as secretary
- Jiří Šimek as Karel Semerád