In the Series About Jakub the Glassmaker, Dietl Allowed Himself to Do Something He Had Never Done Before or Since.

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Jaroslav Dietl was one of the most popular authors in the 1970s and 1980s. Thanks to this, he could afford to project more or less visible criticism of the regime into his series. 40 years ago, the series Synové a dcery Jakuba skláře was first broadcast, celebrating the glassmaking craft, commemorating the end of the war, but also leaning into the hypocrisy of some communist officials.

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Forty years ago, the series Synové a dcery Jakub skláře premiered. The thirteen-part family saga by screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl was created on a political commission – just like many other construction series that filled television screens during the years of normalization. In addition to the fates of the glassmaking family, there were titles such as 30 cases of major Zeman, Nejmladší z rodu Hamrů, Okres na severu, Plechová kavalerie or Chlapci …