Ulice
2005
Original language: Czech
- drama
- comedy
- family
- soap
The story
Ulice is a Czech soap opera produced and broadcast by Nova. In the Czech language Ulice means street. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nikl, and Liška families and many other people that live in Prague. Their daily battle against real problems of living in a modern world like divorce, love, betrayal and illness or disease. Ulice often shows crime.
What it’s like
Flat, even studio light with little shadow, warm kitchens, cramped flats and the familiar clutter of ordinary Prague apartments, and exterior establishing shots of city streets that anchor the show in its neighbourhood. The camerawork is plain multi-camera coverage, with two-shots over tables and close-ups held through confessions, so the look stays practical rather than stylised. The tone is melodramatic and conversational, with a steady undercurrent of worry and a sense of small domestic stakes that build over weeks. Its rhythm is episodic and daily, weaving several households' threads together, so scenes arrive in brisk exchanges and the ongoing story settles into a comfortable routine. Intensity runs at soap level: infidelity, gambling debts, illness, adoption disputes, and occasional crime or kidnapping plots, handled with talk and tension rather than graphic violence or gore. Sexual content is mild and implied. It suits a comfort habit or background viewing while cooking or ironing, and it is for viewers who enjoy long-running family drama and want a steady, familiar cast to follow.
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