Waves

2024 film directed by Jiří Mádl

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7.4

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.

Released: 2024-08-01131 minDir: Jiří MádlThriller, Drama, HistoryBudget: $3.5MBox office: $8.4M

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Cast

Vojtěch Vodochodský as Tomáš Havlík
Ondřej Stupka as Pavel Havlík
Tatiana Pauhofová as Věra Šťovíčková
Stanislav Majer as Milan Weiner
Vojtěch Kotek as Jiří Dienstbier
Marika Šoposká as Jarunka

Themes

sibling relationship
prague, czech republic
based on true story
orphan
prague spring (1968)
censorship
communist propaganda
communist party
historical drama
1960s

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Ratings

IMDb

7.8/10

2,518 votes

Year: 2024
Runtime: 131 min
Genres: Drama, History, Thriller
Awards: 20 wins & 18 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Named after: radio wave
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Slovakia
Original language: Slovak
Main subject: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Director: Jiří Mádl
Screenwriter: Jiří Mádl
Narrative location: Czechoslovakia
Filming location: Bratislava
Duration: 131
Image: 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Waves 42.jpg

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date of first performance: 2024-07-01
Commons category: Waves (2024 film)
title: Vlny
publication date: 2024-08-01
present in work: list of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
set in period: 1968

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