Emil Fiala during the filming in 2025

Portrait photograph of Emil Fiala oriented in portrait mode. Photographed in 2025

The former Praděd lookout tower on a postcard from the 1930s or 1940s. The original tower collapsed in 1969 and a new TV transmitter was built in its place in the 1960s.

Grandfather Emil Montag with his first wife and three daughters, one of whom is Emil Fiala's mother Aloisie. Photos from the 1930s

Emil Fiala in a photograph from 1937

The village of Vajglov in the mid-1940s. The photo shows the farmhouse of the Nather family, which burnt down during the German expulsion.

Grandfather Emil Montag's second wife, the son she had when she was unmarried, Emil Montag's son Emil, who was killed in World War II, Vali's daughter, Emil Montag. Photograph circa 1940, ordered from left

At the First Holy Communion in 1941

In front of the family house in Malé Hoštice. Mother Aloisie Fialová with daughter Eleonora in her arms, below her from left: sister Erich, brother Erich, Emil Fiala. Photos from 1942

A photograph from the first half of the 1940s showing the son of Emil Montag's second wife, whom she had when she was unmarried. His name was Franz Schmidt

Son of Emil Montag's second wife Franz Schmidt, whom she had when she was unmarried. In the photo from around 1944 he is with his stepfather - Emil Fiala's grandfather and his hunting dog Rolf

Emil Fiala (fourth from the left) with other children from the burgher school in Velké Hoštice on a trip in the Beskydy Mountains at Radhošt' in 1947

Montag's farm in Velké Štáhle after the removal of the original owners. On the left the family dwelling house, on the right the exchange with an adjoining workshop and barn, 1950s

From left: Emil Fiala, Fredy Frank, Max Frank. Photograph from the mid-1950s

Robert Fiala's band in the second half of the 1950s. (From left) Pavel Ondrášek, the butcher, Mr Rybka, father František Fiala, Ernst Hermann, Hubert Kocián, Richard Rybka, Moldke Trulej, cousin Robert Fiala, (bottom row) Mr Chřibek on trumpet, cousin Albert Fiala on drum

Emil Fiala (right) with his brother Erich in 1957

Portrait photograph of Emil Fiala from the early 1960s

The wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Fiala. From left: Emil Fiala's mother Aloisie, father František, Erich Fiala with his wife Věra and sister Eleonora. Photos from the 1960s

In the Church of the Holy Spirit, May 18, 1964, Emil Fiala, sixth from the left

From left: grandfather Emil Montag, father František Fiala, mother Aloisie Fialová, husband of aunt Vali, grandfather Emil's second wife with grandson in 1967

At home at a party. From left: father František Fiala, Emil Fiala and his wife Renáta Fialová in 1969

Horst, who was married to expelled cousin Montagová, visited Emil Fiala in Malé Hoštice in the 1970s.

Emil Fiala in a photograph dated September 28, 1975

Radek Schovánek in 2024

Radek Schovánek in 2024