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The affairs and quarrels of two bitter brothers, crimes and amorous imbroglios are returning in the thirteen-episode continuation of the series The First Republic. The events of the second series take place eight years later, in 1928. Jaroslav Valenta, Alois’s older son, has been released from prison and is trying to return to family life. But he is not welcome there: they would rather he leave and go to the countryside to work alongside his father on the farm. Brother Vladimír is heading a carter’s business, where he is drawing mainly from his legionnaire past and contacts made during the war in France. Vladimír’s wife Magdalena has taken over her family’s business, thereby making her father’s political career possible. Jaroslav, however, is not willing to give his rights up and is determined to win back his reputation, respect, business success and the love of his two grown daughters. To achieve this objective, he has to turn to the people he got to know in prison and who occasionally complicate his life. Moreover, he begins an intimate relationship with the governess Maria, whose past can lead to his downfall again. A series of events begins to unfold that not only jeopardises Jaroslav, but his closest friends and family as well.
HD | 13 x 52´ | © 2017
director(s): Biser A. Arichtev
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): Jan Coufal
director of photography: Martin Schinabek
cast: Markéta Plánková, Jiří Vyorálek, Ján Koleník, Robert Urban, Kristýna Liška Boková, Jan Vlasák, Tomáš Töpfer, Zdena Studénková, Veronika Arichteva, Anna Fialová, Bořek Joura, Brigita Cmuntová, Taťjana Medvecká, Stanislav Majer and others
rights available: for part of the territories only
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English (part 1)