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TV series / 2013
Burning Bush
Episode directors
Agnieszka Holland
Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Burešová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach’s sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.
The story
Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Burešová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonour Palach’s sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.
Cast
Tatiana PauhofováDagmar Burešová
Jaroslava PokornáLibuše Palachová
Petr StachJiří Palach
Vojtěch KotekOndřej Trávníček
Patrik DěrgelPavel Janda
Martin HubaVilém Nový
Igor BarešMajor Dočekal
Adrian JastrabanVladimír Charouz
Jan BudařRadim Bureš
Ivan TrojanMajor Jireš
Denny RatajskýLieutenant Boček
Jenovéfa BokováVlaďka Charouzová
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David NovotnýSýkora (attorney)
Emma SmetanaHana Čížková
Taťjana MedveckáDoctor Ziková
Ivana UhlířováŘezníčková (judge)
Stanislav ZindulkaSládeček (attorney)
Michaela ProcházkováZuzanka Burešová
Tereza KorejsováLucinka Burešová
Alois ŠvehlíkColonel Horyna
Miroslav KrobotJiřička (conductor)
Ondřej MalýKnapp (attorney)
Tomáš DianiškaMlíko
Jiří BábekPachman (chess player)
Hana Marie MarouškováIlona Palachová
Lukáš Černoch
Pavel CisovskýComrade Hazura
Zuzana Truplová
Marian Roden
Jana Pidrmanová
Lukáš Příkazký
Filip Čapka
Martin Sitta
Lenka Loubalová
Václav Marhold
Ivan Řezáč
Ivan G'Vera
Bořík Procházka
Ivo Kubečka
Jaroslav Pulda
Josef Hervert
Claudia Vašeková
Francoise Josephová
Alena Dlouhá
Lambert Slezák
Jiří Kohout
Hynek Chmelař
Luboš Veselý
Slávek Bilský
Roman Slovák
Karel Gult
Ctirad Götz
Miroslav Sabadin
Naděžda Husáková
Luděk Nešleha
Marta Vítů
Pavla Gajdošíková
Petr Franěk
Lukáš Křišťan
Karel Wiencek
Milan Enčev
Rostislav Novák
Vladimír Kulhavý
Milena Šajdková
Milan Šenki
Veronika Janků
Jiří Vobecký
Klára Hanušová
David Noll
Filip Benešovský
Petr Krejčí
Ivan Němec
Jakub Zindulka
Diana Šoltýsová
Pavlína Balner
Vít Levinský
Petr Vančura
Jiří Tichý
Hana Strnadová
Petr Sedláček
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