The Informant(TV show/series, 2020)

Name: The Informant
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020

Original title: "Herec" (Czech/CS)

TV-14

| 1h 20min per episode | Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 3 episodes

Rating: 2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Herec (English: Actor) is a Czech drama television series directed by Peter Bebjak. It is set in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. The title role in the series, the young actor Stanislav Láník, is played by Jan Cina. Láník finds himself in a difficult situation: State Security takes advantage of his homosexuality and uses him as bait to compromise influential figures, in exchange for help with his acting career. Jenovéfa Boková, Emília Vášáryová, Martin Finger and Adrian Jastraban also star in the series. The three-part series was broadcast every Sunday evening on the ČT1 channel from 11 to 25 October 2020. ()

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About The Informant

1950s. Under the communist regime, a struggling actor joins the KGB as an informant to make ends meet. He quickly finds himself caught up in a dangerous web of deceit and treachery.

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Trailer for The Informant + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Herec(Teaser, 0:15)

The Informant Seasons and Episodes

10/11/2020Season 1 - 3 episodes

#1 | 10/11/2020Episode 1

Under the communist regime, a struggling actor joins the KGB as an informant to make ends meet. He quickly finds himself caught up in a dangerous web of deceit and treachery.

#2 | 10/18/2020Episode 2

Lanik joins the ensemble of a Shakespeare production. He also has to decide between his role as an informant and the future of his loved ones.

#3 | 10/25/2020Episode 3

Sent to interrogation for the events with the Colonel, Lanik manages to escape torture and tries to meet his family. The plan is to escape to safety abroad.

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.ceskatelevize.cz

Production countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia

Made by: Czech Television, RTVS, DNA Production

Original language: Czech (CS)

Spoken languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Slovak (SK)

Translated into 7 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Polish (PL), Slovak (SK)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 10/11/2020

Last episode released on: 10/25/2020

Cast: Jan Cina, Jenovéfa Boková, Emília Vášáryová, Martin Finger, Pavel Batěk, Adrian Jastraban, Jan Nedbal, Elizaveta Maximová, Judit Bárdos, Luboš Veselý, Lukáš Latinák, Jiří Šimek, Vojtěch Babišta, Ctirad Götz, Vasil Fridrich, Jiří Vyorálek, Hana Vagnerová, Alexander Bárta, Petr Franěk, Jiří Štrébl, Filip Kaňkovský, Dana Černá, Ivan Lupták, Milan Němec, Jan Nedbal, Radim Juhász, Jiří Černý, Petr Panzenberger, Daniel Mavrov, Patrik Plešinger, Janusz Hummel, Zdeněk Pecha

Director: Peter Bebjak

Producer: Peter Bebjak, Rasťo Šesták

Screenwriter: Petr Bok, Pavel Gotthard

Film Editor: Marek Král'ovský

Director of Photography: Martin Žiaran

Keywords: informant, kgb, communism, actors

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