“The Crime in Polná”
An exciting drama from a detective history. In 1899 a dead girl - seamstress Anežka Hrůzová - was found between the village of Věžnička and the town of Polná. She was 19 and she had a cutting wound on the throat. There was no sexual violence involved and since the local doctors thought that there was not enough blood on the crime scene, everyone jumped to the conclusion that Jews must have killed her and added her blood to their passover matzot. There was a potential murderer at hand too - a cheeky, not very bright young Jewish rover, Leopold Hilsner…
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Jaroslav Plesl
Zdeno Auředníček
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Karel Heřmánek
Leopold Hilsner
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Gabriela Míčová
Anna Auředníčková
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Karel Roden
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František Němec
councillor Reichl
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Ondřej Kavan
prosecutor Baxa
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Luboš Veselý
officer Klenovec
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Miroslav Etzler
Pešák
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Martin Myšička
reporter Nosek
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Mária Terézia
Jan Kačer
father Auředníček
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Vladimír Polívka
candidate attorney Karas
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Jiří Plachý
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Občan K.
Viktor Polesný Director · Václav Šašek Writer
First release January 31, 2016 · Produced in Czechia
Production
Česká televize
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Czechia
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Original language
Czech
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Czech
Release dates
Czechia · January 31, 2016
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