Directed by:
Věra JordánováScreenplay:
Evžen TurnovskýCinematography:
František NěmecComposer:
Jiří VáclavCast:
Vilém Besser, Otakar Brousek st., Eduard Cupák, Vlasta Fabianová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Rudolf Jelínek, Petr Kostka, Jiří Němeček, Ota Sklenčka, Jiří Zahajský (more)Plots(1)
The television series was created as an adaptation of Radovan Šimáček’s novel A Crime in Zlenice Castle L. P. 1318, which was published as a series in Lidové noviny in 1940, and was released as a complete work a year later. Unusually for his period, Šimáček decided to set the detective tale against a historical background, and the television transcript of his work also occupies a similarly unique position in Czechoslovak Television production during a period of normalisation. The plot surrounding the murder of Lord Oldřich of Zlenice, which may or may not have been committed for political reasons, is mediated in one large-scale retrospective, which is accompanied by a voice-over by a “detective” played by Petr Kostka. Rather than the traditional form of film noir, the movie has more in common with Agatha Christie’s detective stories, where a crime behind closed doors represents a riddle with a limited set of possible solutions. (Noir Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Vilém Besser
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
That Instant, That While (1981)
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
Otakar Brousek st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Eduard Cupák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Vlasta Fabianová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Krakatit (1948)
Crime at the Zlenice Castle (1971) (TV movie)
Jaromír Hanzlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Rudolf Jelínek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Petr Kostka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Jiří Němeček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Waterloo (1967) (TV movie)
Ota Sklenčka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Jiří Zahajský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Karla Chadimová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
Vladimír Stach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Waterloo (1967) (TV movie)
Cesta řeky k moři (1966) (TV movie)
Jaroslav Mikulín
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Crime at the Zlenice Castle (1971) (TV movie)
Perly panny Serafinky (1980) (TV movie)
Josef Patočka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Věc Makropulos (1970) (theatrical recording)
Čestmír Válek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Crime at the Zlenice Castle (1971) (TV movie)
Bratranec Pons (1973) (TV movie)
Vlčí halíř (1975) (TV movie)
Felix Černý
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Crime at the Zlenice Castle (1971) (TV movie)