Black Job in VrběticE

A Feature Film Project

foto: Honza Sucháček

October 16, 2014 – an explosion destroyed fifty tons of ammunition at a depot in Vrbětice.
The total damages exceeded one billion Czech crowns.
Hundreds of people were evacuated.

Two Czech citizens were killed at the scene.

A white Christian cross on a black background.

Vratislav Havránek

Luděk Petřík

Ruined concrete structure in a forested area, debris scattered on the ground, smoke rising from the wreckage.

At first, the blame for the explosion fell on the victims themselves.
Shortly afterwards, however, another depot exploded — something that could no longer be explained as an unfortunate accident.
It then took more than six years for the case to be solved. Both explosions had been carried out by two agents of the Russian military intelligence service, the GRU.

A man with dark hair and a pale complexion wearing a black jacket and a checked shirt, against a dark background.

Anatolij Čepiga

A man with dark hair and a beard, wearing a dark jacket, standing outdoors at night with rain falling.

Alexandr Miškin

Man with short blond hair wearing sunglasses and a beige collared shirt, smiling outdoors on a cloudy day.

For their actions, Vladimir Putin awarded these agents Russia’s highest state honour — Hero of the Russian Federation.

Military medal with a star shape hanging below a ribbon featuring white, blue, and red stripes.

Three years later, these same agents pulled another black job in Salisbury, England. This time they used novichok to kill.

Front page of the Daily Mail newspaper with a headline about Putin's alleged actions, showing two men walking, one wearing a baseball cap and jacket, the other in a hoodie and backpack.

Dawn Sturgess

Our ambition is to remember and to throw light on a key moment in recent Czech history.

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Petr Nikolaev

Director / Producer

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I am convinced that what happened
in Vrbětice is just as important as the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, carried out by the same “Heroes of the Russian Federation”.
British audiences got to watch a three-part TV series about the Salisbury incident a mere two years after it happened.

Poster for the BBC event titled "The Salisbury Poisonings" featuring three people, two women and one man, in different settings.

The project Black Job: Vrbětice combines a powerful subject with an ambitious cinematic approach. We have a clear vision, a completed screenplay, and an experienced team ready to bring the story to life.
To achieve the production quality that this historical story deserves, we are opening the project to partners and donors who wish to take part in the creation of an exceptional cinematic work.

Map showing the ammunition depots in Vrbětice, Czech Republic, with boundaries, fences, and exploded depots marked, overlaid on a street map with nearby towns Lipová, Vlachovice, and Vrbětice, and an inset of the country outline indicating the location within the Czech Republic.

As yet, no TV or film producers have managed to relate the Vrbětice incident in a feature film or television series. To make this happen, I need your support.

Support the project with any amount and help bring this story to the screen.

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