Herec (English: Actor) is a Czech drama television series directed by Peter Bebjak. It is set in 1950s Czechoslovakia. The title role in the series was played by Jan Cina, who represents the young actor Stanislav Láník. Láník finds himself in a difficult life situation. State Security takes advantage of his homosexuality and offers him cooperation: Láník becomes bait for compromitation of influential figures which gives him acting opportunities. Jenovéfa Boková, Emília Vášáryová, Martin Finger or Adrian Jastraban also starred in the series. The three-part series was broadcast every Sunday evening from 11 October to 25 October 2020, on the ČT1 channel. Cast Jan Cina as Standa Láník Jenovéfa Boková as Anežka Láníková, Standa's sister Emília Vášáryová as Božena Hrubá, Standa's and Anežka's grandmother Martin Finger as captain Jindřich Korčák, StB officer Adrian Jastraban as Karel Štěpánský, landlord and communist Jan Nedbal as Zdeněk Špork, Anežka's fiancée Luboš Veselý as profefsor Viktor Hél Pavel Batěk as colonel Vladimír Kempný Elizaveta Maximová as Marta Švarcová, actress Judit Bárdos as Eva Doležalová, amateur actress Alexander Bárta as Daneš Julius Oračko as Farkaš Vasil Fridrich as head Vaněk Jevgenij Libezňuk as colonel Blochin Lukáš Latinák as director Pasák Dana Černá as secretary Jiří Šimek as Karel Semerád References Czech drama television series 2020 Czech television series debuts Czech Television original programming Czech LGBT-related television shows Czech Lion Awards winners (television series) Czech television miniseries