Moloch is a political thriller series. It is second project of Czech Canal+. It is the first series from Central Europe to receive support from Eurimages’ Pilot Programme for Series Coproductions. It is also backed by incentives programme of the Czech Film Fund and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.
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Plot
After an assassination attempt on the president of the Czech Republic, investigative journalist Martin Braun teams up with a young online investigator Julie to uncover truth behind the attack. They become entangled in a dangerous game of secret services, international politics and forces determined to conceal the truth for various reasons. People are dying on the way to find the truth. Martin and Julie must find out what happened soon if they don't want to end the same way.
Cast
Miroslav Donutil as Viktor Toman, President of the Czech Republic
Jan Révai as Martin Braun, investigative journalist
Eliza Rycembel as Julie, online investigator
Klára Issová as Táňa Rufusová, director of communication
Jiří Chadraba as assistant Jakub
Andrea Mohylová as policewoman Jana Müllerová
Vladimír Kratina as Lukáš Braun, Martin's father
Barbara Lukešová as Pavla Krausová, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
David Matásek as Antonín Lehovec, director of BIS
Beáta Kaňoková as presidents daughter
Ivana Andrlová as First Lady of the Czech Republic
Martina Jindrová as Dominika Svátková
Daria Plakhtii as Acton Bell
Kryštof Bartoš as Josef Špaček, BIS agent
Zdeněk Junák as Karel Sudek
Production
Screenwriter Štefan Titka created the miniseries concept with director Lukáš Hanulák and Vratislav Šlajer. He said that topic of the series became actual with recent the assassination attempts on Donald Trump and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Shooting started on 22 July 2024 in the Czech Republic. Shooting is set to continue until the end of October 2024 in Slovakia and Ukraine. Premiere is set for Spring 2025.