Wasteland(TV show/series, 2016)

Name: Wasteland
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Released: 2016
Rating: 3.5

Original title: "Pustina" (Czech/CS)

55min per episode | Genres: Mystery, Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 8 episodes

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Wasteland (Czech: Pustina) is a Czech television series, which premiered in October 2016 on HBO Europe. Created by Štěpán Hulík, the series stars Zuzana Stivinova as the mayor of a small Czech town which is being bought up and razed by a coal mining company, leading to conflict between residents who want to preserve their traditional life and those who want to take the money and build a better life elsewhere. She loses a referendum allowing the mine to expand, in contravention of a 1991 law limiting brown coal mining in North Bohemia. At the same time, her daughter disappears, and what appears to be an attempt to silence her opposition to the coal mines suggests even deeper layers of political intrigue. Filming locations include Jezeří Chateau, an historic site almost entirely surrounded by surface mines. The cast also includes Jaroslav Dušek, Zuzana Stivínová, Eva Holubová and Petra Špalková. Ivan Zachariáš, the Cz... ()

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About Wasteland

When Hana Sikorova, mayor of a northern Bohemian village, stands up to a large coal mining concern that offers villagers large compensation in exchange for abandoning their houses built on land containing brown coal deposits, her fourteen year old daughter Misha disappears. The search for her daughter makes Hana suspicious of the whole community, after years of peaceful coexistence. Under the pressure of unfolding events, the community starts to fall apart and show its true face. Solving the mystery divides the story into several interweaving narratives that ultimately connect in unexpected ways.

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Trailer for Wasteland + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

WASTELAND Trailer | Festival 2016(Trailer, 1:44)

Wasteland Seasons and Episodes

10/30/2016Season 1 - 8 episodes

#1 | 10/30/2016Episode 1

Hana Sikorova, mayor of the dying village of Pustina, battles the powerful coal company that wants to expand and obliterate her town. Then her 14-year-old daughter, Misha, goes missing.

#2 | 11/06/2016Episode 2

The Criminal Investigations Unit looks into Misha's disappearance. Hana suspects the coal company may be behind it, but Inspector Rajner thinks a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent who has been secretly seeing Misha may know more than he lets on.

#3 | 11/13/2016Episode 3

Lukas, who dates Hana's older daughter, misleads Rajner with a false tip as to Misha's whereabouts. The lie is meant to divert attention from Lukas' real job as a meth cook.

#4 | 11/20/2016Episode 4

A sex worker leads Rajner to discover new information about Karel. Everything seems to suggest that he is lying about the events of the day Misha disappeared. Meanwhile, Klara discovers in inconsistencies in Lukas' story, too.

#5 | 11/27/2016Episode 5

Karel is interrogated and released, against police wishes, following an intervention by the district attorney. Meanwhile, Hana gets an inkling that Misha may have had a secret life.

#6 | 12/04/2016Episode 6

Hana tries to find out the truth about Karel--what he knows about their daughter but also about his own past, which he had kept hidden from her. In the meantime, despite ongoing events, the village prepares for the upcoming referendum.

#7 | 12/11/2016Episode 7

Karel discovers a link between one of the boys from the juvenile facility and a man who works at the mine company. Hana uses the information to force the company's owner to pressure the police to expand their investigation.

#8 | 12/18/2016Episode 8

The police seem to hold all the necessary evidence to close the case, but Karel is convinced they are on the wrong track. He realizes that if he wants justice to be served, he will have to take it into his own hands.

Additional Information

Official websites:

pustina.hbo.cz

Production country: Czech Republic

Made by: HBO Europe

Original language: Czech (CS)

Spoken languages: Czech (CS)

Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), Hungarian (HU), Latvian (LV), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 10/30/2016

Last episode released on: 12/18/2016

Cast: Zuzana Stivínová, Jaroslav Dušek, Eliska Krenková, Leoš Noha, Jan Cina, Štěpán Benoni, Eva Holubová, Miroslav Vladyka, Ivan Krúpa, Ctirad Götz, Oldřich Vlach, Petra Špalková, Zdena Hadrbolcová, Jitka Sedláčková, Richard Stanke, Karel Zima, Pavel Šimčík, Roman Skamene, Jan Komínek, Zuzana Čapková, Jana Holcová, Miroslav Dvořák, Petra Špindlerová, Tomáš Dastlík, Martin Sitta, Anastázie Chocholatá, Petr Vančura, Lilian Sarah Fischerová, Štěpánka Fingerhutová, Michaela Doležalová, Lenka Rzepková, Jakub Slach, Oskar Hes, Adrian Jastraban, Kajetán Písařovic, Anita Krausová, Matyáš Svoboda, Leoš Juráček, Martin Kubačák, Jan Jankovský, Rostislav Novák, Marek Dobeš, Bohumír Starý, Milan Aulický, Ján Bavala, Markéta Krejčová, Viera Pavlíková, Kamila Trnková, Martin Uhlíř, Eliáš Vyskočil, Andrej Polák, Kristina Sitková, Petra Johansson, Magdaléna Chrzová, Jan Bílek, Dominik Zakl, Petra Navrátilová, Maria Pavlovová, Vilma Frantová, Terezie Holá, Pavel Rudolf Plasche, Janusz Kaczmarski

Directors: Alice Nellis, Ivan Zachariáš

Producer: Tereza Polachová

Screenwriter: Štěpán Hulík

Film Editor: Vladimír Barák

Directors of Photography: Štěpán Kučera, Matej Cibulka

Production Designer: Milan Býček

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