Gerta Schnirch
7.4
Season 1
84 min
S1 · E1 · Feb 4, 2026
Part One Episode 1
86 min
S1 · E2 · Feb 4, 2026
Part Two Episode 2
2 episodes in Season 1
Gerta grows up in 1930s Brno in a mixed Czech-German family, which brings her into conflict with her father as he embraces Nazi ideology. Despite this, they remain connected through their shared love of music. During the occupation, Gerta joins the student resistance with her beloved Karel, but the war takes everything from her and leaves her with a dark secret that shapes her future. After the war, though innocent, Gerta is violently forced into the wild expulsion and must leave her hometown with her infant daughter. She survives the hardest years on a rural farm, reunites with Karel, and returns to Brno hoping for a normal life—yet the past continues to haunt her. The two-part TV film Gerta Schnirch offers a personal view of 20th-century history through the fate of a woman caught between two worlds.
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Cast
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Barbora Váchová
Gerta
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Milena Steinmasslová
Gerta (old)
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Oskar Hes
Karel
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Lucie Štěpánková
Barbora
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Martina Czyžová
Hana
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Vincent Doddema
Holtz
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Alena Mihulová
Markvartová
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Michal Dalecký
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Hubert Ludwig
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Jiří Tesárek
Viktor Kuzník
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Zdeněk Pecháček
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Tomáš Mašín Director · Kateřina Tučková Author Aleš Týbl Executive producer
Director
Tomáš Mašín
Author
Kateřina Tučková
Executive producer
Aleš Týbl
Executive producer
Jarmila Hoznauerová
Composer
Adrián Čermák
Cinematographer
Tomáš Frkal
Editor
Filip Malásek
Production designer
Ondřej Lipenský
Costume designer
Ján Kocman
Costume designer
Petr Pluhař
Costume designer
Zuzana Máchová
Total runtime 2h 50m · Episode length 85 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
February 4, 2026
Status
Ended
Network
HBO Max
Country
Czechia
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
85 min
Total runtime
2h 50m
Original language
Czech
Production
Česká televize
Production
Negativ
Production
ARTE
Production
Czechia · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
Czech · German