Vlak dětství a naděje

Vlak dětství a naděje (The Train of Childhood and Expectation) is a Czechoslovak television series directed by Karel Kachyňa and first broadcast in 1989. It was filmed by the Chief Editorial Office of Czechoslovak Television for Children and Youth and in cooperation with the Chief Editorial Office of Dramatic Broadcasting at the Barrandov Studios. It stars Stanislav Zindulka, Žaneta Fuchsová and Helena Růžičková. The series is based on Věra Sládková's novel trilogy Malý muž a velká žena (Little Man and Big Woman), parts of which are The Last Train from Frývaldov (1974), The Regiments of Evil (1975) and The Child of a Freewoman (1982). Although the series was filmed in 1985, it was not broadcast until 1989 after a four-year censorship ban, thanks to political liberalization during Gorbachev's perestroika.

Cast

 * Stanislav Zindulka as Josef Pumplmě
 * Helena Růžičková as Anna "Anka" Urbanová
 * Žaneta Fuchsová as Věra, when child
 * Tereza Brodská as Věra, when coming of age
 * Lubomír Kostelka as baker Týc
 * Zdeněk Řehoř as dentist Steiner
 * Vladimír Javorský as barber Sepp
 * Eva Svobodová as Věra's grandma
 * Alena Vránová as Breberová
 * František Husák as Jaroslav Vémola
 * Oldřich Vlach as Wagner
 * Bronislav Poloczek as policeman Zucker
 * Jiří Langmajer as soldier Pavel
 * Mahulena Bočanová as Markétka
 * Bořivoj Navrátil as German officer
 * Milan Starý as baker
 * Jan Skopeček as teacher
 * Miloslav Štibich as Staněk

Episodes

 * 1) Sněhurčina smrt (Snow White's death)
 * 2) Malý muž a velká žena (Little Man and Big Woman)
 * 3) Trápení kocoura Žolyho (Suffering of cat Žoly))
 * 4) Válka si nevybírá (War doesn't choose)
 * 5) Moje druhá první láska (My second first love)
 * 6) Návrat domů (Return home)