It was co-produced by Dramedy Productions and Česká Television, it maps the lives of the business Valenta family in the period from the establishment of the First Republic to the beginning of the 1930s.

The last series was completed in June 2018, [1] it also had 13 episodes and was broadcast on ČT between September 7 and November 30, 2018.

This is therefore a time of economic crisis and deepening national tensions between the Czech and German populations (the Sokol physical education associations and the German gymnastic association), and there is also an affair with poisoned alcohol.

The family became rich thanks to wartime contracts which allowed it to move from the countryside to Prague.

The destinies of heroes are intertwined with the events of that time, which are intended to remind of the milestones of Czechoslovak history.