Waves

Aug 1, 2024

2h 11m

★ 7.4

A broadcast that will change history.

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.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

History

Production Companies

Dawson Productions

Česká televize

Český rozhlas

Wandal Production

Barrandov Studio

innogy Česká republika

RTVS

Bontonfilm

Dobrovolný ekologický spolek - ochrana ptactva

Státní fond ČR pro podporu a rozvoj české kinematografie

Waves Trailers

Cast

Tomáš Havlík

Vojtěch Vodochodský

Pavel Havlík

Ondřej Stupka

Věra Šťovíčková

Tatiana Pauhofová

Milan Weiner

Stanislav Majer

Jiří Dienstbier

Vojtěch Kotek

Jarunka

Marika Šoposká

Jan Petránek

Petr Lněnička

Luboš Dobrovský

Martin Hofmann

Jaroslav Pavelka

Petr Halíček

Karel Jezdinský

Matyáš Řezníček

Ludvík Čermák

Jacob Erftemeijer

Zdeněk Šimr

Jan Nedbal

Ailing from a sickness that threatens to silence her forever, Umm Kalthoum, the greatest Egyptian singer the world has ever known, takes to the stage one final time for her most important performance yet, one with the potential to heal a nation broken by the shadow of a great defeat. As she slowly steps onto the stage to deafening chants and applause, fearful for her health and country, a legend finds herself walking down memory lane, reminiscing on her humble beginnings and the seven decade journey of triumphs, failures, defying social conventions, and loves lost that followed.

6.8

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

Aug 8, 2019

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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Buya Hamka: Vol. III

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Depicts Hamka's childhood in Maninjau, West Sumatra, where he showed a great interest in tradition and literature, despite neglecting his education at the pesantren and often clashing with his father. After his mother divorced his father, Hamka went to Mecca to learn about organization, the hajj manasik system, and to pursue his life's greatest mission, building Islam in Indonesia. However, Hamka still struggled with his father and met Siti Raham, an extraordinary woman who became his greatest inspiration in life.

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Kamen Rider Jeanne & Kamen Rider Aguilera with Girls Remix

Mar 8, 2023

When a mysterious electro-wave human runs rampant through the city, the various women of the Kamen Rider universe gather together to stop her. But what does this attacker want? And is she connected to the letter Hana receives claiming to be from her true family? A movie version of the TTFC mini-series Kamen Rider Jeanne & Kamen Rider Aguilera with Girls Remix.

7.6

The Secret Garden

Nov 30, 1987

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.

6.5

Wish You Were Here

Jul 24, 1987

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.

6.5

Hilary and Jackie

Dec 30, 1998

The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

6.7

Madeleine

Feb 16, 1950

Madeleine's middle-class family cannot understand why she puts off marrying a respectable young man, as they know nothing about her long-term affair with a Frenchman.

6.0

Memoir Seorang Guru

May 30, 2024

Teacher Suman is adamant in not allowing his daughter Kamariah to follow in his footsteps as the field did not bring him blessings.

7.6

Dust in the Wind

May 9, 1986

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.

7.3

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

Aug 3, 1985

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.

4.9

A Glimpse of Hell

Mar 18, 2001

A Navy officer tries to set the record straight after the Navy blames a 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa on a homosexual affair between two sailors.

5.9

The Happy Housewife

Apr 15, 2010

Lea is an immaculate 30-something wife whose husband’s job in real estate allows her an enviably glossy lifestyle. The word ‘emancipation’ simply isn't in her vocabulary and as long as the money rolls in, all is rosy. So, when Harry Jr. arrives, she is a little traumatized at having to swap canapés for nappies.

5.8

Operation Amsterdam

Jan 12, 1959

When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.

7.2

Miss Oyu

Jun 22, 1951

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

5.1

The Impossible Spy

Nov 28, 1987

This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where he spent years infiltrating the Syrian political establishment. Israel's national hero, Eli Cohen, successfully entered the upper echelons of the Syrian government as a double-agent. The secrets he obtained became crucial in Israel's victory in the 1967 Six Day War.

6.5

Rasputin

Mar 23, 1996

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

6.2

Man in the Wilderness

Nov 24, 1971

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.

5.6

A Life Interrupted

Apr 23, 2007

After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law... Based on a true story. In 1989, Debbie Smith was living a quiet life as a housewife with her police officer husband, Rob and their two kids, but one day it's all shattered. While her husband slept upstairs, Debbie was dragged from her kitchen in broad daylight and brutally raped in the woods. After going through the dehumanizing rape-kit, she waited with fear and paranoia. Six years later, her rapist was caught through a chance DNA test. After learning how many rape-kits go untested and how long women wait to get justice, Debbie makes it her mission so no more women will suffer the long wait to get justice.

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Deadly Vows

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After fleeing the Iran-Iraq war, Darya begins a new life in Los Angeles and is swept off her feet by the charming Sam Lebon. But behind his promises of safety lies a violent darkness. As their relationship twists into abuse and control, Darya makes a daring escape — only to discover Sam has ordered her death. Hunted and alone, she must outwit a relentless predator before his vow becomes her execution.