Catalogue of Czech Television Programmes
This television series takes place during the first Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1939). The stories make use of the historical existence of an investigative constabulary unit (the precursors of todays detectives) and its actual cases. At the time, the constables were a key organization, helping to investigate and solve criminal activities in mainly the countryside and small towns. The lead characters in the series are constables from the Brno investigative unit who solve crime as part of their everyday experiencefrom tragic and violent felonies to banal and even slightly humorous cases of petty thievery and other wrongdoing. Each episode usually features a serious case and one seemingly less important. At the same time we are given a peek into the private lives of the officers in the investigative unit and thus get to know something about their joys and cares, their loves and desires. 1. The Chicken vs.Mr. Pullet 2. The Decoy 3. Mead 4. Beáta 5. The Miserly Crone 6. The Laughable Murderer 7. A piece of Land 8. Ferda the Ant 9. The Wedding 10. The One Held Back 11. Spa Intermezzo 12. The Black Hand 13. Christ the Lord is Born 14. Claudia 15. Fireworks 16. What a Wedding! 17. Amateur Theatricals 18. Family Honour 19. Return 20. Dad 21. Doctor Death I 22. Doctor Death II 23. The Storm 24. The Hypnotist 25. The Robber 26. Celebration 27. A Fortune 28. The Beet Ridgeback 29. A Treat 30. Treasure 31. The Heir 32. Funeral Fumes 33. The Formula 34. The Titian 35. The Jumper 36. Insurance 37. Klondike 38. Final Judgment 39. Epilogue
HD upscale | 39 x approx. 80' | © 2000, 2003, 2007
director(s): Antonín Moskalyk
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): P. Moskalyková, A. Moskalyk, D. Makovička, M. Fedaš,J. Otčenášek
director of photography: Josef Víšek
cast: Tomáš Topfer, Ivan Trojan, Petr Kostka, Stanislav Zindulka, Zdeněk Junák, Alena Antalová, Andrea Elsnerová, Zdena Herfortová and others
rights available: TV, Video
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English (parts 1, 3, 4)
other data: m/e not available