Snad to nebude tak hrozné (E01)

Good acting (mainly Dlouhý and Javorský), sometimes brought down by acting that is almost amateurish (the wooden Vančura), a solidly evoked atmosphere smashed by incomprehensible music that disturbs the impressiveness of the period melodies. And a relatively interesting situation from the incoming protectorate which, for a change, are broken by unnecessary and awkward jumps to 1968. So far, in general, rather uncertain impressions. From the new production of Czech Television, however, it’s the only thing worth watching that at least raises some sensible dilemmas. (15.01.2017)

I don't really understand the wave of criticism. I saw from the beginning to the end an extremely interesting and engaging TV film full of great performances (I suspected that Vladimír Javorský would be excellent, but I was also pleased with David Novotný, who is not very similar to Jaroslav Marvan in appearance, but he acts exactly like him) and believable emotions (Štěpánek's speech, Burian unable to do humor...), with careful design and a pleasant period atmosphere. The mixing of fiction and truth didn't bother me at all, because hand on heart - if the filmmakers claimed that they were making 100% truth, there would still be viewers who wouldn't believe them and would blame them, so what the heck. On the contrary, making fictional films inspired by existing ones is a good idea and quite a funny revival. The "storytelling" story from 1968 will certainly be used by the script somehow, so it definitely didn’t feel Superfluous to me.___P.S. I don't even need to add the fact that any minute of the first part of Bohéma is better than the whole of Renč's The Devil's Mistress. (16.01.2017)