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Synové a dcery Jakuba skláře (1986)

Synové a dcery Jakuba skláře poster
Directed by
Jaroslav Dudek
Genre
drama film, historical film, drama fiction
Country
Czechoslovakia
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows the glass-making Cirkl family from 1899 to 1957. It shows how their lives and work reflect the changing times in Czechoslovakia.

nostalgicfamily-centrichistoricalearthymelancholicslow-pacedobservationalearnest

What happens

Synové a dcery Jakuba skláře was a Czechoslovak television programme which aired in 1986. The programme was directed by Jaroslav Dudek. The series depicts the fate of the glass-making family of Jakub Cirkl between the years of 1899 and 1957. In the life stories of the multi-member family dynasty, it was possible to uniquely capture the realities of the time and the characters of the individual characters. In 2011, it was announced that the programme, along with 17 others, would be released on DVD within the following three years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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