Directed by:
Jan BártekScreenplay:
Tomáš BaldýnskýComposer:
Tomáš HáčekCast:
Martin Myšička, David Novotný, Jiří Hána, Jakub Žáček, Jana Plodková, Petr Vančura, Eva Podzimková, Václav Kopta, Martin Dejdar, Lenka Krobotová (more)Episodes(5)
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Sumec nemá kníry (E01)
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Česká škola (E02)
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Smrt docenta (E03)
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Řekl někdo kočička? (E04)
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Triumf (E05)
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With merciless exaggeration, this five-part satirical comedy tells the story of a fictional Czech trip to the Moon, from the moment it turns out this forgotten project with misappropriated financing must be finished at all cost to avoid a liquidation fine from the EU. Three episodes will be screened. (Summer Film School)
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Unfortunately, my encounter with the series ended with one episode. For me to continue, the pilot would have to excite me more. The next episodes may be better, but it is the pilot that ultimately decides whether investing time in the rest of the series makes sense, and the first episode simply did not convince me. This is kind of how I imagine the fulfillment of the term "communal satire." It's not outright bad and embarrassing, but rather shallow and unfinished. It simply reflects the chronic disease of Czech television production. There is a lack of money and time to bring ideas to a successful conclusion. The popular show The Simpsons has a team of 22-25 writers, and successful American sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory have almost as many. Here, Tomáš Baldýnský is doing it alone. Maybe that would be enough, but after the fifth rewrite, I don't know if the result is due to excessive self-confidence and lack of criticism or if Czech writers are paid too little for their work to afford to play with and refine their work. Flaws can also be found in the execution, the direction is definitely not great, and I also have problems with the cast. The only one who works perfectly is David Novotný. I wouldn't hesitate to recast the rest of the team. Jana Plodková could possibly play a stupid blonde who ended up among the astronauts by accident or favoritism, but being the only enthusiastic and professional astronaut from NASA is simply a mistake. If it weren't for such a pronounced enthusiastic promotion, I probably wouldn't have such high expectations, which are subsequently followed by disappointment, but like this, I won't go above 2 stars and a 45% overall impression.
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Photo © Česká televize / Dagmar Vyhnálková
![Cosmic - Photos - David Novotný, Jakub Žáček, Petr Vančura, Jana Plodková, Jiří Hána, Martin Myšička](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/photos/161/130/161130244_b1bf50.jpg)