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If you have the chance to watch this Tjech miniseries, please do. It is not al all like any American of Netflix series. This is history being told in a classic and cinematic way. I made me think of the Oscar winning movie The Pianist, by Roman Polanski, also set in East Europe.

The story is set in early communist Czechoslovakia and shot in intriguing old buildings. Young actor Lanik (Jan Cina) plays a theatre actor on the rise. Communism has a tight and lethal grip on every part of society, and now they interfere with the arts. Lanik is forced to to spy on high profile men. With his angelic looks, intelligence and charm he goes on a mission.

All actors are great. The story really saddened me. Once again it becomes clear how inhuman and violent the communist party was and how impossible it was to stay out of their dirty games.