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Volha (Volga) is a comedy-drama television series directed by Jan Pachl. It is based on a book by Karel Hynie called Volha – záznam o provozu motorového vozidla. It starts broadcast on 2 April 2023. The series follows a Czechoslovak television chauffeur Standa Pekárek from 1970s to 1990s. It was filmed to celebrate 70th anniversary of television broadcast in the Czech Republic.




Plot


Communist Czechoslovakia in 1971. Standa Pekárek finishes his compulsory military service and became a chauffeur at Czechoslovak television. He dreams about getting his own Volha, driving for the humor and folk entertainment editorial office and driving Karel Gott. He is willing to do anything to fulfill his dream and thus he agrees to collaborate with State Security under codename Volha.




Cast


Kryštof Hádek as Standa Pekárek
Klára Melíšková as Mother Pekárková
Tomáš Jeřábek as producer Pepa Horáček
Aňa Geislerová as Director Vlasta Válová
Stanislav Majer as Cinematographer Zikmund
Aneta Krejčíková as Secretary Květa
Eliška Křenková as assistant Dáša
Lukáš Příkazký as Editor Zajíček
Bohumil Klepl as Director Truhlář
Jiří Dvořák as StB operative Labský
Přemysl Bureš as StB operative Šlégr
Robert Mikluš as Pavel Landovský
Vanda Hybnerová as Jungmanová
Jiří Lábus as Míla Vyhnálek
Martin Pechlát as Comrade Brabec
Kristína Svarinská as Pekárek's second wife Táňa




Episodes






Reception


The series won 5 awards at 2023 Czech Lion Awards in categories Best Actor in Leading Role (for Kryštof Hádek), Best Supporting Actor (for Tomáš Jeřábek), Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design and Best TV Series. Along with Restore Point it was the most successful 2023 project according to number of won categories. Volha was the first television series to win the most categories at Czech Lion Awards.




References






External links


Website (in Czech)
IMDB site
CSFD.cz

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