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The Modrý Case

Případ Modrý

Release: 2023-10-03 ·Runtime: 54m
Documentary

Bohumil Modrý, the best hockey goalie in the world, who significantly contributed to the first international successes of Czechoslovak hockey after World War II. In 1948, he was offered a job in the NHL, but his stellar sports career and happy family life were destroyed by a trumped-up political trial in 1950. He died prematurely in 1963 at the age of 46 from the effects of imprisonment and radiation.

Production Countries

Czech Republic

Production Companies

Česká televize