Vyšehrad is a Czech web series by Obbod TV. It follows a talented footballer named Julius "Lavi" Lavický who gets kicked out of the Czech First League club AC Sparta Prague due to his bad behaviour and wild exterior. He is thus forced to play for FK Slavoj Vyšehrad.
Contents
Cast
Jakub Štáfek as Julius "Lavi" Lavický, FK Slavoj Vyšehrad team captain
Jakub Prachař (episodes 1–5)/Jaromír Nosek (episodes 6–10) as Jarda Mizina, Lavi's agent
Ondřej Pavelka as Pavel Král, FK Slavoj Vyšehrad Chairman
Jiří Ployhar as Michal Žloutek, FK Slavoj Vyšehrad trainer
Tomáš Měcháček as policeman
Monika Timková as journalist
Sandra Nováková as Lavi's girlfriend, prostitute
Michaela Tomešová as Máša, janitor
Šárka Krausová as Lucie, Jarda's sister and Lavi's girlfriend
Martin Hofmann as bet mobster
Production
Lavický stated that he was inspired by numerous footballers, including Mario Balotelli, David Limberský, Martin Fenin, or Milan Petržela. Some footballers also starred in the series, including Lukáš Vácha, Roman Bednář, Jan Rajnoch, and Radek Sňozík. The footballers of Vyšehrad are represented by real ones of Slavoj Vyšehrad.
The series has become popular that Lavický's collection of clothes JL10 was made. Actor Jakub Štáfek even got chance to play for the real third-league team Vyšehrad, but did not score a goal against FK Loko Vltavín.. From 29 June to 31 December 2018, the series was available on Stream.cz internet television. The series was followed by a sequel film Vyšehrad: Fylm.