Petr Vaněk

1941. The Czechoslovak 11th Infantry Battalion is sent to the town of Tobruk, Libya; their task is to join the allies in defending the last strategic seaport from the German and Italian units. Among them is the young soldier Jirí, his naive ideas about heroism are starkly confronted with the hell of the African desert, the complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death.

During the horrific violence of World War II, lovers Villi and Colette are captured and sent to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. Determined to be together, but housed in separate compounds, they vow to risk their very lives in order to escape. Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author Arnošt Lustig, Colette tells the amazing true story of his experiences during WWII and his numerous escape attempts from the hell of Auschwitz. A harrowing and compelling true story set during one of the darkest periods in history.

A fascinating historical drama revolving around the real-life figure of Zdeněk Toman, a Jewish high-ranking official in post-war Czechoslovakia who ran the secret police, helped the communist party to seize power, became a political prisoner, managed to escape to Venezuela and became a financial donor to Israel. Toman is the classic anti-hero - He headed up the state security office yet became the first high-ranking communist official to be jailed and condemned to death in 1949. In spite of that, he managed to help transport Eastern European Jews to safety after World War II before vanishing into exile. Toman was awarded for his activities in the USA and Israel, and was officially rehabilitated after 1989.

Linda and Vanda are lifetime friends both are in their early thirties and are owners of a charming bookstore in the city center. Linda is divorced, educated, practical, has a little daughter and strong feeling for responsibility. Responsibility on the other hand misses independent, happy and single Vanda, who attracts men a lot, but her passion of life is too much for all of them.