At the age of twenty-eight, Karel Havlíček Borovský is at the height of his fame and political influence. He owns the largest Czech newspaper, is widely known, admired by all, and financially secure. He has a beautiful young wife, Julie, and his future seems to be firmly in his hands. Slowly, however, a hostile, anonymous gray machinery of the state apparatus begins to take effect around him. Its embodiment is Havlíček's close friend Wagner, who is one of his admirers, but at the same time, he is also a secret police officer, a loyal representative of state power. The higher Havlíček's star rises, the longer...

David Švehlík

Marek Taclík

Wagner

Gabriela Marcinková

Julie

Vladimír Dlouhý

Sandra Nováková

Anna Fixová

Ondřej Gregor Brzobohatý

Martin Hofmann

Jaroslav Plesl

Hana Vagnerová

Petr Štěpán

Daniel Rous

Michal Pavlata

Zdeněk Maryška

Oldřich Vlach

Marcel Rošetzký

• Dušan KleinDirector

Release date

December 7, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Czech

Genres

Drama