F. L. Věk: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A legendary TV serial based on the extensive novel by Alois Jirásek, a famous Czech author of historical novels. Its central character is Frantisek Ladislav Vek, literary projection of interesting historical person living in years 1769 and 1847. The serial catches his childhood in the village, teenage in one Prague cloister, where he was educated, young years in Prague where he was studying philosophy and adult age after his comeback to village. He was big lover of art and music. His life was an encounter between longing and need, art and conventional life of village merchant, obligation and love, Catholicism and protestant faith. He was big patriot and he consorts with many Czech artists of its time (so the serial is full of historical men and women). He also met W. A. Mozart and sang in the premiere of his opera Don Giovanni. The important theme of the time was Czech language (in relationship with German language) which was viewed as one main element of nationality. And fight for it was the leitmotiv of all Vek's (Hek's) life.

Series details

• Title: F. L. Věk
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Czech
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1971-09-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1971-12-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ČT1
• Network country: Czech Republic
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 68187
• TVDB ID: 215801

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1971-09-12; final listed air date 1971-12-05.

Source and licence

Adapted from F. L. Věk on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.