Gerta grows up in 1930s Brno in a mixed Czech-German family, which brings her into conflict with her father as he embraces Nazi ideology. Despite this, they remain connected through their shared love of music. During the occupation, Gerta joins the student resistance with her beloved Karel, but the war takes everything from her and leaves her with a dark secret that shapes her future. After the war, though innocent, Gerta is violently forced into the wild expulsion and must leave her hometown with her infant daughter. She survives the hardest years on a rural farm, reunites with Karel, and returns to Brno hoping for a normal life—yet the past continues to haunt her. The two-part TV film Gerta Schnirch offers a personal view of 20th-century history through the fate of a woman caught between two worlds.

Cast & crew

Tomáš Mašín

Director

Barbora Váchová

Gerta

Milena Steinmasslová

Gerta (old)

Oskar Hes

Karel

Lucie Štěpánková

Barbora

Martina Czyžová

Hana

V

Vincent Doddema

Holtz

Alena Mihulová

Markvartová

Michal Dalecký

Hubert Ludwig

J

Jiří Tesárek

V

Viktor Kuzník

Z

Zdeněk Pecháček

Eva Vrbková

Marta Sovová

Johann von Bülow

Gerta's Father

Kristýna Badinková Nováková

Gerta's Mother

C

Carl Grübel

Friedrich

Georg Bütow

Junge

J

Juliana Tricoli

Anna Marie

Alexandra Vostrejžová

Seasons

2 episodes

Season 12026 · 2 episodes