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Some films made in Czechoslovakia have been popular with years. The same thing is the IU image that has seen several sequels. On Nova Cinema, you will have the opportunity to remember the stars and the well -known figure of the student and then the doctor Štěpán on Monday.

In the 80s and 90s of the last century he was considered one of the male sex symbols. The student’s significant role has also helped him and later Dr. Štěpán Šafránek. That Actor Pavel Kříž He played in a film series, whose creators have been able to shoot six episodes since 1982.

A successful actor who was convicted of emigrating to Canada

He was born in 1961 in Brno. Although many television viewers know him as actors, In fact, he is also a psychotherapist. He was brought to this profession by entangled life trips. He complicated his fate at a time when he was a successful actor for several years.

The cross showed his acting talent as a child. At that time he performed in the children’s amateur ensemble Puchko and in the children’s ensemble Na Střelku. The study of the conservatory was a clear choice. Immediately afterwards he actively began playing theater in the Drama Club or at the EF Burian Theater.

It has long seemed that we will see him in dozens of theater, film and television roles. But the cross decided differently. He couldn’t bear the power of the regime. So he emigrated to Canada. He was even convicted in absence. Abroad he studied psychotherapy, but he did not cope with the nail.

After returning to Bohemia he immediately returned to filming

He returned to the Czech Republic after several years and immediately returned to filming. The impulse to return was the continuation of his role Štěpán Šafránek. He played the main character from the film series for the first time in 1982. At that time, his role was a young and romantic -minded student who wanted to get to medicine.

During the next episode of the film, the young man became not only a graduate doctor. He also encounters his life loves in individual works. While At the beginning he is his muse blueberry, later falls in love with the whistle, Cinderella ute or goldfish.

The film also made the actor David Matásek

The character of Štěpán is not the only one that accompanies us in the films. Actor David Matásek also appears in all works. He plays the character of Kamil Kendler, who no one tells other than Kends. Ironic and pragmatic kendy is the best friend of Štěpán. Together they manage both secondary school and university studies. With the difference that Kendy prefers filmmakers over medicine.

Filming brought sad moments

The whole film series is often replaced on television. The episode of how poets do not lose hope filmed in 2004 is full of friendship, sadness and humor. While in previous episodes we meet the character of Mother Štěpán, played by Míla Myslíková, here we have to say goodbye to her unexpectedly. Not only did he want the script, but also real life. Successful actress was sick of Parkinson’s disease. She did not get her opportunity to appear in the next sequel to the successful film series. She died a year after filming this episode.

You can watch a tangled plot full of love and tension on Nova Cinema TV

Štěpán must deal with the death of his mother and the position of the director of the hospital in the penultimate work of the poets. It will meet not only corruption and politics, but also Anna, a young pharmacist who falls in love with headlessly. How will their relationship turn out after Anna disappears for several months? You can find out for TV screens. Watch the film How Poets do not lose hope on Monday, August 18 at 05:20 on Nova Cinema. In addition to Pavel Kříž and David Matásek you will also see Tereza Brodská, Lukáš Vaculík or Michaela Badinková.