Vlny

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Vojtěch Vodochodský as Tomáš Havlík
• Táňa Pauhofová as Věra Šťovíčková
• Stanislav Majer as Milan Weiner
• Vojtěch Kotek as Jiří Dienstbier
• Martin Hofmann as Luboš Dobrovský
• Petr Lněnička as Jan Petránek
• Jacob Erftemeijer as Ludvík Čermák
• Tomáš Maštalír as Karel Hoffmann
• Igor Bareš as Hrabský, Director of Radio
• Marika Šoposká as Secretary Jarunka
• Jan Novotný as Antonín Novotný
• Matyáš Řezníček as Karel Jezdinský
• Ondřej Stupka as Pavel Havlík
• Jan Nedbal as Zdeněk Šimr
• Petr Halíček
• Tomáš Weber as Holenda
• Hana Kusnjerová as Weinerová
• Daniel Tůma as Karásek
• Vitalii Vorkhlik
• Theo Jacques as Waldemar Matuška
• Radoslav Kohuťár

Storyline:

Story revolves around the Editorial Office of International Life of the Czechoslovak Radio. It works under the leadership of Milan Weiner, a journalistic icon. Other journalists include Věra Šťovíčková, Jiří Dienstbier, Luboš Dobrovský or Jan Petránek. Young Tomáš gets among them a bit by mistake as the work in the editorial office was the dream of his younger brother Pavel and Tomáš’s main concern is to protect his brother. Little does he know that the local editors are watched by State Security (StB). Tomáš is forced to sign cooperation with StB if he wants to protect his brother who along with his classmates participates in illegal activity. Tomáš gets closer to journalists in the office especially with Věra which leaves him conflicted between concern for his brother’s safety and his own conscience. When Warsaw Pact invades Czechoslovakia he refuses to collaborate with occupants and helps journalists to broadcast uncensored information about the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops and call for Passive resistance to the occupiers. He risks his own life to sustain broadcast as long as possible.

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