2009

2009-08-31

Czech Republic

What do you think of when you hear the word '60s'? The Soviets successfully send a man into space, Beatlemania is going on in the West, August 68 is coming, in Czechoslovakia the communists win 98.4% of the elections... How did you experience this time? Does it feel like a long time ago, or do you suddenly have quite vivid memories? The second half of the 20th century in the Dvořák family. The retro series "Tell" is a look into our recent history through the fate of the Dvořák family. Thanks to the memories of the narrator Honza, the family saga unfolds in front of the audience over the years, an engaging mosaic of human destinies and relationships of three generations unfolds. It is from 1964 that the plot of the retro series Vyprávej begins to develop. Student Karel Dvořák (Roman Vojtek) wants to advance to the second year at the Prague Technical University. He misses the last test with the young assistant France. Eva Martináková (Andrea Kerestešová) from Slovakia is starting freshman year at the same school. Everything is new to her... "It all started in one student club in the university dormitories. At that time, my mom and dad didn't know each other. Dad was an avid scientist and the girls didn't say anything to him. And my mother was the unofficial miss of the entire faculty, anyone would want to go out with her, especially a young doctoral student, a certain Jarda Franc, ... who is now my wife's father, was courting her. And why doesn't my dad like him so much? So that's a long history…”