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The Defender (2021 TV series)
2021 Czech TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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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]
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