Jan Pachl is a Czech director and screenwriter. For Czech Television he created the series Cirkus Bukowsky, Rapl, Volha and Oktopus.[2] For the series Volha he won a Czech Lion for best series.[1][5]
In 2026 he is shooting the six-part miniseries Věřitel for the streaming service Oneplay, set in the 1980s and 1990s. Martin Hofmann appears in the lead role of the emigrant Robert Winter.[1][2] The script was written by Ondřej Gabriel and Tomáš Vávra, the creative producer is Michal Reitler and the series is produced by Punk Film.[1][3] The original working title of the series was Já, pomsta.[2][4]
Filming began in August 2026 and takes place in Prague, Plzeň and in the Central Bohemian Region; according to Lupa.cz it is to last until November and according to MediaGuru it involves more than forty shooting days.[1][3] A date for the launch on Oneplay has not yet been announced.[1][3] Pachl said of the series that it is a project he had wanted to make for a long time.[1]
Sources
- MediaGuru — 15 October 2026
- Médiář — 15 October 2026
- Lupa.cz — 16 October 2026
- Novinky.cz — 20 October 2026
- iDNES.cz — 21 October 2026