| The Defender | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Written by | Tomáš Feřtek, Matěj Podzimek |
| Directed by | Tereza Kopáčová, Tomáš Mašín |
| Starring | Lukáš Vaculík |
| Country of origin | Czech Republic |
| Original language | Czech |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ČT1 |
| Release | 5 September – 7 November 2021 |
The Defender (Czech: Ochránce) is a Czech drama television series, that premiered on Czech Television in 2021.[1] Series also appeared at Serial Killer festival.[2] It won Czech Film Critics' Award in category "Outside Kino."[3]
Series focuses on a teacher Aleš Pelán who becomes School Ombudsman to stand up for children, parents and teachers in need. Pelán's cases include teacher bullied by her students, investigation of a pupil's suicide, girl who has never attended school, parents of students harassed by their classmate or sexual abuse of students by their teacher. All episodes are inspired by real cases.[4]
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Cast
- Lukáš Vaculík as Aleš Pelán
- Iveta Dušková as Jana Pelánová
- Jaroslav Plesl as Pavel Havlík
- Barbora Kodetová as Marta Beková
- Agáta Červinková as Barbora Černá
- Pavel Řezníček as Petr Starý
- Jiří Havelka as Marcel Suchý
- Petra Hřebíčková as Kristýna Kurzová
- Jan Vondráček as inspektor Jarošík
- Lucie Ducháčková as Sára Jermanová
- Vladimír Javorský as MUDr. Luboš Pivec
- Miroslav Vladyka as Václav Škvára
Episodes
| No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | Czech viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Slabý kus" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 5, 2021 | 1,313 |
| 2 | "Vražda vychovatelky" | Tomáš Mašín | September 12, 2021 | 1,342 |
| 3 | "Andílek" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 19, 2021 | 1,362 |
| 4 | "Orchidej na smetišti" | Tereza Kopáčová | September 26, 2021 | 1,266 |
| 5 | "Džungle před tabulí" | Tomáš Mašín | October 3, 2021 | 1,261 |
| 6 | "Veřejný nepřítel" | Tomáš Mašín | October 10, 2021 | 1,295 |
| 7 | "Vrabčák" | Tereza Kopáčová | October 17, 2021 | 1,361 |
| 8 | "Ahoj tati" | Tereza Kopáčová | October 24, 2021 | 1,251 |
| 9 | "Hidžáb" | Tomáš Mašín | October 31, 2021 | 1,221 |
| 10 | "Tichá dohoda" | Tereza Kopáčová | November 7, 2021 | 1,355 |
Spin-off
Director of the ČT1 program Milan Fridrich mentioned that spin-off is in production.[5] On 19 March 2024 Czech Television announced series Ratolesti which was called thematical sequel to The Defender. It is set for broadcast in 2025.[6]
References
- ^ "Seriál Ochránce začne ČT vysílat od neděle 5. září". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Východoevropské seriály zdárně dohánějí Západ, ukáže festival v Brně". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 21 September 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Ceny české filmové kritiky pro Okupaci, cenu má i Ochránce". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Byl jsem nervózní, některé díly mi přišly fádní, říká k seriálu Ochránce představitel ombudsmana Vaculík". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "ČT1 zůstane vyhrazena pro českou tvorbu, kriminálek ubude". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "ČT natáčí nový seriál Ratolesti, navazuje na Ochránce". MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
External links
- The Defender at IMDb
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