Waves
A broadcast that will change history.
2024 · 2h 11m · N/A Drama, History, Thriller
Overview
At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service.
Director and cast
- Vojtěch Vodochodský as Tomáš Havlík
- Ondrej Stupka as Pavel Havlík
- Tatiana Pauhofová as Věra Šťovíčková
- Stanislav Majer as Milan Weiner
- Vojtěch Kotek as Jiří Dienstbier
- Marika Šoposká as Jarunka
- Petr Lněnička as Jan Petránek
- Martin Hofmann as Luboš Dobrovský
- Petr Halíček as Jaroslav Pavelka
- Matyáš Řezníček as Karel Jezdinský
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