Waves (2024)
Overview
In the heady days of the 1968 Prague Spring, a group of Czechoslovak Radio journalists risk not just their careers but their lives to distribute independent news amidst national and regional tumult. Orphaned brothers Tomáš and Pája are caught in the struggle for freedom. The elder, Tomáš, is a radio technician working at the station committed to defying the Communist Party’s censorship, overwhelming propaganda, and police harassment. When security forces pressure him to spy for them, Tomáš finds himself in a bind where he has to choose between betraying his colleagues or protecting Pája.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $3,400,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $7,234,115.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 4.4205 |
Directed By
Jiří Mádl
Crew
Jiří Mádl
Jiří Mádl
Martin Žiaran
Viktor Ekrt
Filip Malásek
Petr Kunc
Simon Goff
Katarína Štrbová Bieliková
Adéla Anděla Bursová
Jiřina Pahlerová
Monika Kristlová
TOP CAST
Vojtěch Vodochodský
Tomáš Havlík
Ondrej Stupka
Pavel Havlík
Tatiana Pauhofová
Věra Šťovíčková
Stanislav Majer
Milan Weiner
Vojtěch Kotek
Jiří Dienstbier
Marika Šoposká
Jarunka
Petr Lněnička
Jan Petránek
Martin Hofmann
Luboš Dobrovský
Petr Halíček
Jaroslav Pavelka
Matyáš Řezníček
Karel Jezdinský
Jacob Erftemeijer
Ludvík Čermák
Jan Nedbal
Zdeněk Šimr
Tomáš Maštalír
Karel Hoffmann
Igor Bareš
Hrabský
Michaela Majerníková
Jezdinská
Jevgenij Libezňuk
generál
Jan Novotný
Antonín Novotný
Tomáš Weber
Holenda
Daniel Tůma
Karásek
Marie Anna Kupcová
Simona
René Šmotek
Houška
Petr Buchta
Skácel
Hana Kusnjerová
Marie Weinerová
Monika Kristlová
pracovnice sociálky
Jan Teplý
Burda
Ondřej Volejník
Dalecký
Vlastimil Kristl
technický ředitel
František Mádl
miminko
Theo Jacques
Waldemar Matuška
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