Private Lives

A group of actors and artists reach the peak of their creativity; however, none of them expects the democratic society of the First Republic to transform into a regime in which, over time, they lose their privileges.

A young actor refuses to participate in German films, but the Nazi authorities present him as favorable to the regime; in the future, this comes to haunt his career after the war.

A pre-war movie mogul defines his destiny by selling his studios to the Germans; in return, however, Czech films can be made with a state subsidy.

A talented actor is sent to a concentration camp with his Jewish wife; years later, they meet again; Milos Havel organizes events to rescue artists with whom he makes fictitious contracts to save them from forced labour.

People seek to avenge the deaths of their loved ones after the war ends, blaming and persecuting those who cooperated with the Germans.

The 1950s herald in a new type of society to navigate; some people remain silent, others resists, and a few cultivate new personalities in order to survive.