Dobrodružství kriminalistiky

Dobrodružství kriminalistiky (Adventure of Criminalistics) is a television series directed by Antonín Moskalyk. It has 26 episodes and was filmed in four seasons over years 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1993.

It is a cycle of stories from different historical periods. In each of the episodes, viewers have the opportunity to look into the beginnings of individual criminology disciplines. The series features real historical figures and almost authentic cases (though modified for the needs of the stories).

The series was filmed in co-production with the German company Schwarzwald Film, Krátký film Praha and the company Gofis, spol. s r. o.

Cast

 * Boris Rösner as Eugène François Vidocq (episode 1)
 * Viktor Preiss as a lawyer Paillet (episode 2)
 * Anke Sevenichová as Marie Lafarge (episode 2)
 * Ondřej Havelka as office worker Alphonse Bertillon (episode 3)
 * Petr Kostka as sergeant Joseph Faurot (episode 4 and 20)
 * Dušan Blaškovič as Lofter (episode 4)
 * Luděk Munzar as a gunsmith Robert Churchill (episode 5)
 * Oliver Stritzel as a bacteriologist Paul Uhlenhuth (episode 6)
 * Nelly Gaierová as Klára Grosby (episode 7)
 * Vlasta Fabianová as Eleonora Rawlison (episode 7)
 * Jiří Adamíra as Gustav Schraepel (episode 7)
 * Petr Haničinec as a lawyer and writer Henry Fielding (episode 10)
 * Karel Heřmánek as Ladislav Havlíček (episode 14)
 * Eduard Cupák as detective Fasaroli (episode 15)
 * Andrej Hryc as malíř a Han van Meegeren (episode 16)
 * Stanislav Zindulka as Max von Stephanitz (episode 19)
 * Siegfried Lowitz as commissar Benhamou (episode 21)
 * Jiří Schmitzer as Giulio Canella resp. Mario Bruneri (episode 26)
 * Despina Pajanou as his wife (episode 26)
 * Pavol Mikulík as policeman (episode 26)