Jitřní záře

Czech TV series or program

Jitřní záře

Genre	Drama
Directed by	Dan Wlodarczyk
Starring	Petra Bučková, Jan Plouhar, Veronika Žilková, Lenka Vlasáková, Pavel Zedníček
Country of origin	Czech Republic
Original language	Czech
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	Voyo
Release	10 June (10 June 2022) – 15 July 2022 (15 July 2022)

Jitřní záře ( Morning Glow in English) is a 2022 Czech television series created under the Voyo Original brand. It was directed by Dan Wlodarczyk, who also co-wrote the screenplay with his wife Hana Wlodarczyk. It premiered on 10 June 2022. It is inspired by real events.^[1]

Petra Bučková, Jan Plouhar, Veronika Žilková, Lenka Vlasáková, Pavel Zedníček, Jana Janěková, Halka Třešňáková, Martin Sitta or Denisa Biskupová starred in the series.

Plot

The story takes place at the beginning of the millennium in a small village in Šumava. Young couple Pavla Junková and Karel Balcar moves there as they wanted to leave the city and finally live on their own, conceive the longed-for child. However living together in a village with neighbors who have different values in life disrupts their dreams. Decision to give their daughter in an unconventional name starts a round of misunderstandings not only within the village, but also within the authorities and the state apparatus. Their eight-month-old daughter is taken from them while media enters the fight for her.^[2]

Cast and characters

Petra Bučková as Pavla Junková
Jan Plouhar as Karel Balcar
Jana Janěková as Jiřina Junková
Pavel Zedníček as Miroslav Junek
Veronika Žilková as Mgr. Bohuslava Šnajdrová
Lenka Dolanská Vlasáková as Ilona
Sofie Brejchová, Mia Bankó and Denisa Biskupová as Morning Glow/Jitřenka
Pavel Nový as František Kubín
Lenka Skopalová as Milena Kubínová
Karel Zima as Láďa Kubín
Martin Sitta as MayorRousek
Halka Třešňáková as Fulínová
Petra Špindlerová as Věra
Kristýna Podzimková [cs] as Žaneta

References

^ Kilián, Milan (27 May 2022). "Jitřní záře. Drsný příběh dítěte ze Šumavy byl inspirací filmařům". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ Skoumalová, Tatiana. "Domácí porody, vyučování i očkování. Jitřní záře otevírá kontroverzní témata". tn.nova.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 28 January 2023.