Loosely inspired by a real criminal court case. It took place in Prague and the Tatra Mountains between 1926 and 1928 and was later described as one of the biggest, if not the biggest, cases the pre-Munich Republic had ever seen. Nevertheless, the police and judiciary at the time failed to clarify and close the case in such a way that it would not raise legitimate questions long after the trial had ended. Even though the court handed down its verdicts, the case remained open in a way, and this is also reflected in the script, which remained faithful to the facts in its basic outline," says screenwriter Václav Šašek, author of the two-part television production The Trial of the Martyn Murderers...
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Ondřej Pavelka
Also in
The Ninth Heart
Vyšehrad
Karel Heřmánek
Known for
Stalingrad
Kolya
Vladislav Beneš
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The Czech Century
Fandy ó Fandy
Iva Hüttnerová
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Slunečná
Kamarádi
Jan Hartl
Known for
Little Otik
My Sweet Little Village
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Known for
The Ear
Josef Vinklář
Known for
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Luděk Munzar
Also in
The Joke
Carriage to Vienna
Radovan Lukavský
Known for
The Little Mermaid
Ikarie XB 1
Vladimír Salač
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Kam zmizel kurýr
Bronzová spirála
Eva Salzmannová
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Agáta
Boot Called Melichar
Jiří Císler
Known for
The Ear
Petr Koliha Director · Václav Šašek Writer Vladimír Holomek Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1998 · Produced in Czechia
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XC · January 1, 1998
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