
The Courier(2020)
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.


“A broadcast that will change history.”
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.

Vojtěch Vodochodský
Tomáš Havlík

Ondřej Stupka
Pavel Havlík

Tatiana Pauhofová
Věra Šťovíčková

Stanislav Majer
Milan Weiner

Vojtěch Kotek
Jiří Dienstbier

Marika Šoposká
Jarunka

Petr Lněnička
Jan Petránek

Martin Hofmann
Luboš Dobrovský

Petr Halíček
Jaroslav Pavelka

Matyáš Řezníček
Karel Jezdinský
Waves is a thriller, drama, history film released in 2024 exploring themes of sibling relationship, prague, czech republic, based on true story, orphan, prague spring (1968), censorship. Directed by Jiří Mádl, it stars Vojtěch Vodochodský, Ondřej Stupka, Tatiana Pauhofová. 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.
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