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The First Republic (2014)

The First Republic poster
Original title
První republika
Directed by
Biser Arichtev, Johanna Steiger
Genre
drama film, family film, historical film
Country
Czech Republic
Length
3 seasons, 49 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows the Valenta family as they run their business in Czechoslovakia from the founding of the First Republic through the early 1930s. It shows how their lives and fortunes change over this time.

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What happens

The First Republic (Czech: První republika, also known as The Manor House) is a Czech historical television series. It was co-produced by Dramedy Productions and Česká Television, it maps the lives of the business Valenta family in the period from the establishment of the First Republic to the beginning of the 1930s. It was originally planned that the plot would last until 1945 but the series was cancelled after 3 seasons. The series was developed and offered for television by the production company Dramedy Productions. It was directed by Biser A. Arichtev, who previously worked with Dramedy on the series Vyprávěj, which was also conceived and produced for ČT by the Dramedy team. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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