Božena is a 2021 Czech Biographical miniseries directed by director Lenka Wimmerová. It is a miniseries about Božena Němcová. Czech Television planned to broadcast it in 2020, the year of the bicentenary of the writer's birth, but in the end it was moved to the beginning of 2021. Božena Němcová was portrayed by Anna Kameníková and Anna Geislerová while her husband Josef was portrayed by Jan Hájek. The first episode premiered on 3 January 2021 on ČT1. The last episode was broadcast for the first time by Czech Television on 24 January 2021. Cast and characters Anna Kameníková as Barbora (Božena) Němcová, younger (episode 1 and 2) Anna Geislerová as Božena Němcová (episode 3 and 4) Jan Hájek as Josef Němec Lukáš Melník as medician Josef Čejka Jan Budař as medician Vilém Dušan Lambl Eva Josefíková as Antonie Reissová, Božena's friend Ondřej Malý as František Ladislav Čelakovský Martin Myšička as Václav Staněk Klára Suchá as Karolina Staňková Kryštof Hádek as Jaroslav Pospíšil, publisher Edita Valášková as Manka, Němec family servant Veronika Divišová as Dora Němcová, Božena's and Josef's daughter Prokop Zach as Karel Němec, Božena's and Josef's son Sebastian Vopěnka as Jaroslav Němec, Božena's and Josef's son Marek Daniel as Petr Faster Jan Nedbal as Václav Bolemír Nebeský Viktor Zavadil as tajný Vladimír Javorský as Johann Pankel, Božena's father Lucie Žáčková as Tereza Panklová, Božena's mother Václav Matějovský as Karel Havlíček Borovský Martin Finger as páter Václav Štulc Vladimír Škultéty as Karel Jaromír Erben Elizaveta Maximová as Johana Mužáková, née. Rottová Brigita Cmuntová as Žofie Rottová Adam Joura as Hanuš Jurenka, Božena's lover Jiří Maryško as František Náprstek-Halánek References External links Official page Czech Television original programming Czech biographical television series Czech historical television series 2021 Czech television series debuts Czech television miniseries Czech Lion Awards winners (television series)