Spravedlnost (television miniseries)

Spravedlnost
GenreCrime, Psychological
Written byTomáš Bombík, Peter Bebjak
Directed byPeter Bebjak
StarringOndřej Vetchý
Country of originCzech Republic
Original languageCzech
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerKateřina Ondřejková
Running time75 minutes
Production companyD.N.A. production
Original release
NetworkČT1
Release12 March (12 March 2017) –
29 March 2017 (29 March 2017)

Spravedlnost (English: Absolution or Justice) is Czech crime television series. It tells story of police investigator Richard who investigates murder of prominent judge that was committed by his daughter Lily. The first episode premiered on 12 March 2017.[1][2] It was directed by Peter Bebjak. Vetchý who starrs in the series collaborated with Bebjak on Případy 1. oddělení.[3]

Spravedlnost received Czech Lion Award for the best television film or miniseries of 2017.[4]

Plot

Richard is a police investigator who hasn't seen his daughter Lily for very long time. The series starts when Lily shows up at his door and asks for help. She tells him that she fell in love with judge Kowalský but he attacked her and she killed him in self-defense. He decides to help her at all cost.[3] Richard becomes lead investigator in case of Kowalský's murder.[5]

Cast

  • Ondřej Vetchý as Richard Koller, the series protagonist. He is a chief investigator whose team gets a case of murder committed by his daughter. He tries to save her even at cost of his career.[5]
  • Martin Finger as Tomáš Lohnický, Richard's colleague who investigates murder committed by Lily and who suspects Richard.[6]
  • Elizaveta Maximová as Lily Kollerová, Richard's daughter who committed a murder.
  • Jan Plouhar as Matěj Pospíšil
  • Jitka Schneiderová as Monika Lohnická
  • Kristýna Boková as Pospíšilová
  • Lukáš Vaculík as Miroslav Dostál
  • Aleš Bílík as Vojta Hájek
  • Ondřej Malý as Radek Hrdlíř, a journalist
  • Veronika Jeníková as Ludmila Dostálová
  • Lenka Krobotová as Kamila Kowalská
  • Dušan Urban as a taxi driver Roman
  • Štěpán Kozub as Marek

Production

The series was shot during Spring 2016.[7] It started before Eastern 2016 in Ostrava.[8][9] Other shooting places included Prague or Skuhrov.[10]

Episodes

No. in
series 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Czech viewers
(millions)
1"Spravedlnost"Peter BebjakTomáš Bombík, Peter BebjakMarch 12, 2017 (2017-03-12)0.714[11]
A shocked, twenty-year-old Lily, runs to her father's door to tell him that she killed her lover in self-defense. Her father, a police investigator, decides to cover his daughter. He cleans the evidence and digs the body. When the body is eventually found, he is assigned the case...
2"Spravedlnost"Peter BebjakTomáš Bombík, Peter BebjakMarch 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)0.705[12]
Richard knows his daughter is hiding something. An investigative journalist comes across evidence linking the murdered man with a shady firm. Soon, he realizes that he is becoming part of a dangerous game where interests are even higher...
3"Spravedlnost"Peter BebjakTomáš Bombík, Peter BebjakMarch 26, 2017 (2017-03-26)0.692[13]
An autopsy confirms to Richard that the victim was under the influence of sleeping drugs at the time of the killing, changing the direction of the investigation. Richard must decide whether to protect his daughter from justice or come to terms with reality...

Reception

The series competed for audience with Temný kraj by TV Prima and with the third series of the entertainment show Tvoje tvář má známý hlas by TV Nova. Each episode gathered around 700,000 viewers the age over 15, which was also the limit of audience accessibility of the show.

According to the reviewer of Aktuálně.cz, Martin Svoboda, the overall miniseries is "more successful than its problematic first part". He gave it a rating of 65%. According to him, it is also worthy of praise that, in contrast to the richness of motifs that are common elsewhere, "[in] Justice, one and the same motif appears repeatedly, only the backdrops differ. Thanks to this, creators can go deeper and uncover new corners of a single idea.”[14]

The series won the 2017 Czech Lion Award in the "Best Television Film or Miniseries" category.

Remake

Entertainment One Television Production acquired rights to produce remake of the mini series.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Seriál Spravedlnost: Zavražděného maskovali 11 hodin!". Blesk.cz (in Czech). 12 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Tvůrci Kanceláře Blaník, Případů 1. oddělení a filmu Pouta připravují pro ČT novou kriminálku". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 5 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Koutský, Pavel (7 March 2017). "Recenze: Minisérie Spravedlnost - utrápený Ondřej Vetchý opět zasahuje". Mediahub (in Czech). Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Spravedlnost získala Českého lva". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Ondřej Vetchý bude zachraňovat dceru v kriminálce Spravedlnost". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  6. ^ "RECENZE: Spravedlnost a Labyrint II, krimi na vlně temnoty a zmaru". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Spravedlnost (2017)". CSFD.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  8. ^ Uhlář, Břetislav (4 April 2016). "Psychologické drama Spravedlnost z Ostravy". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Televize natáčí v Ostravě novou kriminálku: Taková zápletka tady ještě nebyla". ostravan.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Kde se natáčel seriál Spravedlnost". www.filmovamista.cz. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Souboj Vaculíkova Temného Kraje a Vetchého Spravedlnosti: Vítězství rozdílem třídy!". Blesk.cz (in Czech). 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Temný kraj nad 1,4 milionem, Tvoje Tvář vede u mladých". Mediaguru (in Czech). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Temný kraj pořadem dne, Tvoje tvář boduje v 15-54". Mediaguru (in Czech). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Recenze: Spravedlnost s Vetchým má nepovedený začátek, ale jakmile se najde, stojí za pozornost". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 13 March 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Budou hollywoodské hvězdy Matt Damon a Ben Affleck "opisovat" od Vetchého?". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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