Season 3 • Episode 18
LatestBára Veselá is constantly pursued by bad luck and is on the run from the law. By chance, she unwillingly becomes a salesperson for the fashion department at the newly opened department store, Zlatá labuť. This store is a magnificent palace of luxury and is a new modern landmark in the center of Prague. The store holds a rich history behind its opulent storefronts. It is March 15, 1939, and German occupation forces are invading the Czechoslovakian state.
Production
The real Zlatá labuť department store meticulously resurrected.
Costume
1930s Czech fashion that whispers wealth and screams anxiety.
Writing
Occupation-era moral complexity without easy heroes.
Marta Dancingerová
Bára Veselá
Adam Vacula
Petr Kučera
Daniela Kolářová
Božena Kučerová
Petr Stach
Rudolf Kučera mladší
Kristýna Podzimková
Irena Mašková
Hana Kusnjerová
Valerie Horká
Simona Lewandowská
Alena Zimová
Mark Kristián Hochman
číšník
Beáta Kaňoková
Eva Dušková
Petr Kostka
Rudolf Kučera
Kryštof Bartoš
Martin Kantor
Vasil Fridrich
Karel Vágner
Tomáš Töpfer
Arne Pulkráb
Pavel Řezníček
Václav Mach
Regina Rázlová
Marie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Zlatá labuť (Golden Swan) was Prague's first department store, opened 1938, and survived the war—unlike most of its original staff.
Marta Dancingerová learned vintage Czech sewing techniques for authenticity; several costumes were recreated from 1938 store archives discovered in a Brno attic.
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