Movie Description
Gerta Schnirch
(2026)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Tomáš Mašín
- Producer : Kateřina Ondřejková,Tereza Polachová,Kateřina Černá,Pavel Strnad
- Editor : Filip Malásek
- Cast : Barbora Váchová,Milena Steinmasslová,Oskar Hes,Jan Grundman,Lucie Štěpánková,Martina Czyžová,Johann von Bülow,Kristýna Badinková Nováková,Carl Grübel,Georg Bütow,Juliana Tricoli,Alena Mihulová,Zuzana Mauréry,Pippa Fee Rupperti,Henrike von Kuick,Radka Caldová,Attila Mokos,Vincent Doddema,Zuzana Hesová,Eliana Parobková,Michal Dalecký,Hubert Ludwig,Alexandra Vostrejžová,Matěj Havelka,Jiří Tesárek,Viktor Kuzník,Zdeněk Pecháček,Tereza Nekudová,Bára Jelínková,Jiří Vojta,Zlatko Teskere,Tomáš Matušinec,Radim Madeja,Daniel-Frantisek Kamen,Alisa Gertsovskaya,Magdalena Prostá,Nataša Gáčová,Hana Lapčíková,Jennifer Baluchová,Kamila Břicháčová,Jan Bartoška,Josef Horák,Petr Reif,Eva Vrbková,Vendula Holičková,Marta Sovová,Šárka Šildová,Jiří Perůtka,Terezie Holá,Alena Bazalová,Samuel Teicher,Emil Fles,Agáta Červinková,Nazar Kulchykovskyi,Andrej Pachinger,Hana Frejková,Adam Sala,Pavel Semerád,Philipp Schenker,Vendula Holišová,František Strnad,Michal Škach,Mikuláš Matoušek,Antonín Holub,Jitka Antošíková,Jan Jakubal,Konstantin Zhyrov,Tomáš Pokorný
Cast
Gerta Schnirch young
Gerta Schnirch old
Karel Černý
Schmidt
Barbora
Hana
Gerta's father
Gerta's mother
Friedrich
Oskar Junge
Anna-Marie Junge
Markvartová
Zipfel
Teresa
Johanna
Helga
Šenk
Holtz
Barborka 6 years old
Barborka 6 months old
Posters
Facts
Original TitleGerta Schnirch
Status Released
Release Information
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2026-02-04
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 50m
Homepagehttps://tomasmasin.cz/project/gerta-schnirch/
Production CompaniesČeská televize,ARTE,HBO Europe,Negativ
Genres
- Drama
