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JUNE 2021 ISSUE 143 UNITED STATES MONTHLY GUIDE FALLEN EMPIRE NEW SERIES EUROCHANNEL GUIDE JUNE 2021 1 NEW SERIES IN JULY 2 EUROCHANNEL GUIDE JUNE 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS EURO MONTHLY GUIDE | June 2021 | ISSUE 143 SERIES 4 FALLEN EMPIRE EURO SERIES 9 THE SHADOW KILLER EURO CINEMA 13 THE CLIMB Gustavo Vainstein Eurochannel’s CEO 17 AN INNOCENT MAN In June, Eurochannel is delighted to offer you premium entertainment from Europe. This month, we have two new series to reward your loyalty and thrill your senses with action, 18 WEEK 1 suspense and plenty of emotions. Enjoy a mesmerizing June on Eurochannel! 20 WEEK 2 To start, we present two riveting series that takes us back in time. The first series transports us to the early 20th century when politics were about to change the map of Europe. There, 22 WEEK 3 through the eyes of two heroes, we learn how the Astro-Hungarian Empire fell, giving way to a new nation: Czechoslovakia. This is the story of the real protagonists who cemented the 24 WEEK 4 bases for a new era. Discover it all Fallen Empire! The other new series is The Shadow Killer, a unique crime thriller about a serial murderer. Based on true events, this series follows a police investigation to solve a series of murders targeting brunette women in a small French province. EUROCHANNEL GUIDE PUBLISHED BY Eurochannel, Inc. Last but not least, this month we are pleased to take you to the Alps for a unique adventure. EDITOR IN CHIEF Javier Pardo Barreto EDITORS Anna Oboza, Zheljko Kojchic In The Climb, Isabelle aims to reach the summit of the most elusive mountain in a perilous Florence Razimbaud & Carlos Rangel trail that will put to test her experience, capabilities and mind. ARTWORK Cristina Tejada EUROCHANNEL, INC. 6389 NW 109 AVE |DORAL FL. 33178 USA Keep enjoying quality entertainment on TV with us and remember . at Eurochannel, you +1-(305)-531-1315 | www.eurochannel.com always will find the best of Europe. ©2021 | All pictures rights are reserved. SERIES NEW SERIES THURSDAYS 9:00 PM STARTING JUNE 24 FALLEN EMPIRE CZECH REPUBLIC 4 EUROCHANNEL GUIDE JUNE 2021 CAST Ondřej Vetchý, Miroslav In the wake of World War I, the true story of a group Donutil, Zuzana Stivínová, Lenka of courageous men turned from traitors to heroes Vlasáková in the rise of a new nation. Eurochannel premieres DIREctOR Jiří Svoboda Fallen Empire, a historical thriller that chronicles the GENRE Drama, thriller, history fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the rise of ORIGINAL TITLE Rašín the Balkan states! YEAR 2018 EPISODES 2 A man is murdered. New economic and tax policies anger the population. The Balkans turn into a powder keg! Fallen Empire follows the story of Alos Rašín, one of the most influential men in European politics in the 20th century. After the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Balkans become the most unstable region of Europe. While some wish to strengthen monarchies and kingdoms, others plan to build republics and earn autonomy to their people. A tale of intrigue, treachery and suspense, Fallen Empire is divided in two thrilling episodes capturing history through the perspective and personal story of Rašín. As if it wasn’t enough, this riveting series also unveils the key events leading up to the creation of an independent Czechoslovak state in October 1918. A treat for lovers of conspirations and how they have changed the world and shaped politics, Fallen Empire depicts the consequences of defying a monarchy and the established power. Rašín and his allies experience firsthand the fact that patriotism includes the willingness to sacrifice oneself for one’s country when they were sentenced to death for treason… But will they survive? Eurochannel invites you to travel back in time with a nail-biting series based on true events. Fallen Empire proves that sometimes reality could be more exciting than fiction! Come discover the lives of the men who made Czechoslovakia happen! JUN PART 1 24 9:00 PM Tired of how their country was run, two men decide to take refuge in Russia and build an exiled government. Soon they discover the price of their actions. EUROCHANNEL GUIDE JUNE 2021 5 INTERVIEW WITH Ondřej VETCHÝ (Protagonist) What was Alois Rašín for you before and after the filming? I had a general overview and awareness of who he was, but only thanks to Jiří Svoboda did I learn a lot about the character. He was a unique man. How did you manage to inspire yourself for this character? I assume that it is not just a physical imitation, which certainly completes the character for the audience… Visual imitation will not help me during playing. I would have to look at myself in the mirror and say: God, I look completely different. But that had nothing to do with it. My goal is for my character to be a human being that you connect to and identify with, and you will be able to defend everything you do. What did you have to defend? These are rather existential questions, it would be very difficult. We need to limit ourselves to simpler things. When I tell someone that I started thinking and feeling the character’s intentions, as I always do, it will be a little shocking for others. But that’s just the way it is. But it is important to define who Alois Rašín was, what made him unique, how important he was for this country. That he was a man who represented what we are so terribly lacking here. That is, for example, incredible patriotism, incredible personal responsibility, which is based on great intelligence, great integrity and responsibility that Alois Rašín took on, and immense hardness, how to yourself and to the people around you. How would you characterize him, how close he was to you? His motto was: «When you work for your homeland, you work for free.» This cannot be quantified by money. I admire him for this, and we miss it immensely today and especially in political life. People who think this way, who see politics as an absolute service to their country, do not look for their benefit and can sacrifice themselves absolutely for their homeland. He was a unique farmer who knew he could never spend more than he earned, who did everything to make Czechoslovakia a prosperous, successful, and confident country that would expand economically. The central couple in the film is Rašín and the first Prime Minister Karel Kramář. What was their main controversy? The story also shows that they both had different social backgrounds. Their biggest controversy burned in Kramář’s pro-Russian orientation, which was in direct conflict with how Rašín perceived the world. He saw Russia as a backward country. The difference between them was also in the overall approach to life and work. Rašín was a hard worker and Kramář loved and enjoyed his position and the respect he enjoyed. Formally, therefore, there was a contradiction between Rašín’s ascetic approach and Kramář’s prosperous approach. I also think that Kramář perceived things more from the outside, while Rašín had them completely internalized. 6 EUROCHANNEL GUIDE JUNE 2021 While Kramář was a «trained» politician, Rašín was again considered a rioter from university. Didn’t this radicality determine his political life as well? He sacrificed himself for this country. He has proved exactly that politics can good and bad, and that depends on the people who run it. Rašín breaks down the simplistic interpretation that all politicians steal or lie because his need to serve this country and the people in it was absolutely obvious. He knew it, even at the cost of being hated. He did everything for a long time so that the republic would work, be strong, be independent, be free and independent. He took on this burden and was willing to bear the consequences of his actions. The series also shows how strongly his wife Karla supported him… He had a stronghold in the family. He had a wife behind him, as probably all men want a woman to stand behind them. Karla supported him, she was his love, his partner, his friend, his most loyal friend, his companion, she fought for him. For him, the family was the center of the world, and it was what gave him tremendous strength so he could give something like that to all families throughout Czechoslovakia. What do you think is the message of the series? Putting this series into a historical context is not that difficult, the story itself has the greatest telling value. But I think it is a series celebrating not only Rašín but also Kramář and other men. His life was cut short with his murder. Do you think things would have been different if he had survived? I think that if he lived in a time of peace, in a stable time, it could be difficult for someone with his criticism, vehemence and radicalism. I think that if he survived, he would be cleaned up somewhere in the interwar period, he would probably have a post that would correspond to his possibilities. But if war broke out, Rasin would reappear and become one of the leading men again. How did you feel working with director Jiří Svoboda? George is an educated man, has an excellent brain, and is a great filmmaker. Of course, when you work with such a person, cooperation is difficult. But you know that you have a lot of support from him. When Jiří Svoboda offered you the role, did you accept right away? No, it didn’t even work.