Czech mystery 2020

Wasteland (2016)

6.5 /10

When Hana Sikorova, mayor of a northern Bohemian village, stands up to a large coal mining concern that offers villagers large compensation in exchange for abandoning their houses built on land containing brown coal deposits, her fourteen year old daughter Misha disappears. The search for her daughter makes Hana suspicious of the whole community, after years of peaceful coexistence. Under the pressure of unfolding events, the community starts to fall apart and show its true face. Solving the mystery divides the story into several interweaving narratives that ultimately connect in unexpected ways.

Average Episode Run Time: 55` . Year(s): 2016

Director: Ivan Zachariáš , Alice Nellis , Jan Bílek

Stars: Zuzana Stivínová , Jaroslav Dušek , Eliška Křenková , Leoš Noha , Roman Skamene , Eva Holubová

Labyrinth (2015 - 2018)

7.3 /10

Finding the body of the regional politician Karas, killed in the spirit of medieval torture and carefully arranged in a strange scene, unleash police hunt for a sadistic perpetrator. He puts investigation team in the way of a complex series of murders that shake the local region and criminologists themselves.

Average Episode Run Time: 58` . Year(s): 2015 - 2018

Director: Jiří Strach , Petr Hudský

Stars: Miroslav Donutil , Jiří Langmajer , Lenka Vlasáková , Denisa Nesvačilová , Michal Dalecký , Pavel Řezníček

Czech Himalayan adventure (2003 - 2015)

5.7 /10

Documentary series dedicated to the history of the conquest of the 14 highest Himalayan peaks by Czech climbers.

Average Episode Run Time: 54` . Year(s): 2003 - 2015

Director: Iva Koudelková , Martin Kratochvíl

Producer: Markéta Kratochvílová , Lucie Zvěřinová

Stars: Renata Volfová , Pavel Soukup

Rabbies (2018)

7.9 /10

Although Czech republic is country free of rabbies, some cases of infected animals appear near one of villages in Sumava region. Virologist Pavel Rogl, that is in his thirties, has task to inspect the situation, supervise the vaccination and find the source of infection. He is also charged to elaborate an expertise for team of police detectives, that are investigating mysterious double homicide. It is possible, that murders are connected to infection. Is it a human murderer, or big beast that escaped?

Average Episode Run Time: 57` . Year(s): 2018

Director: Tomáš Bařina

Stars: Kryštof Hádek , Ihor Krotovych , Přemysl Bureš , Štefan Capko , Johana Matoušková , Stanislav Majer

Close Quarter Battle (2012)

6.9 /10

Elite Military/Special Police Force TV series hosted by US Special Forces veteran Terry Schappert.

Average Episode Run Time: 26` . Year(s): 2012

Director: Charles Jannasch

Stars: Terry Schappert

Occupation 1968 (2018)

6.3 /10

Documentary about the Occupation, as seen through the eyes of the occupiers. Five countries from the Warsaw Pact occupied Czechoslovakia in 1968. Fifty years later, five directors from these five countries shoot five short films about the invasion from the perspective of the people who played the part of the occupiers.

Average Episode Run Time: 26` . Year(s): 2018

Director: Stephan Komandarev , Magdalena Szymków , Linda Dombrovszky

Producer: Peter Kerekes

Fatties (2020 - 2021)

5 /10

Eight brave participants in the transformation will share their story. And they discover that not only indiscipline in eating, but also emotional overeating and other factors are behind their excess weight. Those that influence the development of overweight everyone. On the way to their dream figure, all the participants of the Fatty project have to grapple not only with unfamiliar foods or healthy eating, but also with healthy and regular exercise. In addition, they have to get their lives in order, which is a problematic trigger for becoming overweight.

Average Episode Run Time: 42` . Year(s): 2020 - 2021

Europe's Baroque Heart (2020)

0 /10

A narrative documentary series on Czech Baroque landscape and monuments from unusual angles.

Average Episode Run Time: 26` . Year(s): 2020

Director: Petr Krejčí

Producer: Ondřej Hlas , Jana Kabátová

Stars: Tatiana Dyková , Vojtěch Dyk

Ďáblova lest (2009)

6.8 /10

A Czech miniseries.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr 4` . Year(s): 2009

Director: Jiří Strach , Arnošt Vašíček

Stars: Ivan Trojan , Jiří Dvořák , Anna Geislerová , Vojtěch Dyk , Stanislav Zindulka

The Phenomenon of Czech Glass (2022)

7.6 /10

The mythical properties of light in glass captivated not only Czech medieval culture. History of Czech glassmaking from centuries-old traditions to modern techniques.

Average Episode Run Time: 52` . Year(s): 2022

25 from the Sixties, or the Czechoslovak New Wave (2010)

7.7 /10

Two-part documentary about the Czechoslovak "New Wave" in the '60s, including interviews with directors, actors, and others involved in the industry at the time.

Average Episode Run Time: 1hr 43` . Year(s): 2010

Director: Martin Šulík