Waves

Aug 1, 2024

2h 11m

★ 7.5

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

Ondrej 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

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