Underplayed Gems

Návštěvníci (1983)

Návštěvníci poster
Directed by
Jindřich Polák
Genre
comedy television series, time-travel television program, science fiction television series
Country
West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Germany, France
Length
1 season, 15 episodes
Rated
6
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Time travelers from the future come to the 1980s to fix a problem with their history. The story follows their adventures and interactions with everyday people.

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What happens

Návštěvníci is a Czechoslovak sci-fi TV series filmed between 1981 and 1983 by Czech director Jindřich Polák. The 15 parts were co-produced with television-companies of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany at that time), Switzerland and France. As an additional 16th part for Germany a "Making of" was produced under the title "Besuch bei den Besuchern" (Visiting the Visitors). In West Germany the series was titled Die Besucher (The Visitors), in the German Democratic Republic and Australia it was called Expedition Adam 84. The 15-part series, with episodes lasting just under half an hour, was later also released in a version comprising seven episodes of around an hour each. It features many well-known Czech actors of the time, such as Josef Bláha (The Girl on the Broomstick), Dagmar Patrasová and Vlastimil Brodský (both from The Fairy-Tale Bride), Dagmar Veškrnová (The Octopuses from the Second Floor) and the young Viktor Král (Flying Ferdinand). Well-known names were also involved behind the scenes. The series’ theme music was composed by Karel Svoboda and performed by the band Elektrovox Pražský výběr. The Prague Film Symphony Orchestra also performed under the baton of Štěpán Koníček. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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