Czech Century (Czech: České století, is a Czech historical television series. It deals with the background of important historical events in Czech history since World War I to the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. According to the creators, it is not a pure documentary series, but rather a film series "exposing the taboo of key events of our modern history". In particular, the series studies the psychology and mental motivations of individual actors of historical events in the moments when these personalities "had a knife to their throats" and were aware that their decision would affect not only their loved ones, but the entire nation for many years to come. The authors deliberately do not evaluate whether the persons in question behaved right or wrong from a historical point of view.

Czech Century
GenreHistorical, Drama
Written byPavel Kosatík, Robert Sedláček
Directed byRobert Sedláček
StarringMartin Huba
Martin Finger
Daniel Landa
Ivan Trojan
Jan Novotný
Jiří Vyorálek
David Novotný
Ján Gallovič
Jan Hájek
Marek Daniel
Jaroslav Plesl
Country of originCzech Republic
Original languageCzech
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Running time65-83 minutes
Original release
NetworkCzech Television
Release2013 (2013) –
2014 (2014)

"Legendary characters are just people who sweat, speculate, live paradoxes, go to the toilet and talk about banalities, themselves confused about where history has taken them, and follow the only possible principle, which is the 'moral law within me', however they end up acting badly and selfishly." — series creators.[1]

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No. in
series
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Czech viewers
(millions)
1"Veliké bourání (1918)"Robert SedláčekPavel KosatíkOctober 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)0.630[2]
2"Den po Mnichovu (1938)"Robert SedláčekPavel Kosatík, Robert SedláčekNovember 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)0.752[3]
3"Kulka pro Heydricha (1941)"Robert SedláčekPavel KosatíkNovember 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)0.686[4]
4"Všechnu moc lidu Stalinovi (1948)"Robert SedláčekPavel Kosatík, Robert SedláčekNovember 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)0.534[5]
5"Zabíjení soudruha (1951)"Robert SedláčekPavel KosatíkNovember 24, 2013 (2013-11-24)0.663[6]
6"Musíme se dohodnout (1968)"Robert SedláčekPavel KosatíkNovember 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)0.350[7]
7"Je to jen rokenrol (1976)"Robert SedláčekPavel KosatíkNovember 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)0.389[8]
8"Poslední hurá (1989)"Robert SedláčekPavel KosatíkNovember 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)0.404[9]
9"Ať si jdou (1992)"Robert SedláčekPavel KosatíkDecember 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)0.366[10]

References

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  1. ^ "České století: Hybatelé dějin jsou taky jenom lidé". ČT24. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ^ "České století vidělo poprvé 630 tisíc diváků". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Doktoři z Počátků stále jedničkou nedělního večera". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Doktoři z Počátků pod 1,5 mil., večer ale zvítězili". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Talent se v neděli těsně dostal před České století". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Talent zvyšuje sledovanost, na Doktory to ale nestačí". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Sledovanost Vinařů a Kriminálky Anděl snížil fotbal". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Neděli si opět rozdělily Vinaři a Kriminálka Anděl". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Seriály Kriminálka Anděl a Vinaři se drží nad milionem". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Kriminálka a Vinaři opět vyrovnaně a nad milionem". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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