The Modrý Case

The Modrý Case (2023) is a documentary film directed by Roman Vávra.

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.

Cast

Blanka Modrá

Self

David Švehlík

Commentary (voice)

Robert Záruba

Commentary (voice)