The Wonderful Years That Sucked

The story

Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido from his conception through his adulthood, first time director Petr Nikolaev and screenwriter Jan Novak changed the focus to his parents Milena, an extremely self-effacing lawyer who acts on stage in her spare time, and Ales, a rather aimless government worker who tends to drift wherever the wind takes him. The lives of Ales and Milena change dramatically following the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968.

Cast

O Ondřej VetchýKvidův otec L Libuše ŠafránkováKvidova matka V Vladimír JavorskýŠperk J Jan ZahálkaKvido (chlapec) J Jakub WehrenbergKvido K Klára BotkováJaruška (holčička) J Jitka JežkováJaruška V Vladimír DlouhýIng. Jiří Zvára V Vilma CibulkováNina M Miriam Kantorkovábabička Věra K Květa Fialovábabička Líba S Stanislav Zindulkadědeček Josef

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O Otakar Brousekdědeček Jiří V Viktor Preissdramatik Milan Holub J Jiří SchmitzerDr. Liehr A Alice BendováMirjana E Emma ČernáZita M Miloň Čepelkavrátný O Otmar Brancuzskýtrenér L Lenka Vychodilováučitelka J Jan Hrabětařezník Z Zdeněk David V Vlastimil Zavřelkomisař v autoškole J Jan Slovák J Jiří Fero Burda A Aleš Najbrt B Bohumil Klepllékař J Jan Vondráček G Gabriela Šromová F František Švihlík M Marie Krbová D Doubravka Svobodová M Michael Zahálka P Petr Koutecký J Jindřich Kauffmann J Jaroslav Horák M Martin Matejka B Bohumila Kuklová A Antonín Pilc L Ladislav Klepal L Lukáš Slivka V Vendulka Hladíková V Vladimír Veleta M Miloslav Uhlíř M Milena Dvorská(voice) M Martin Luhan(voice)