Spravedlnost (television miniseries)

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. It was directed by Peter Bebjak. Vetchý who starrs in the series collaborated with Bebjak on Případy 1. oddělení.

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

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. Richard becomes lead investigator in case of Kowalský's murder.

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.
 * Martin Finger as Tomáš Lohnický, Richard's colleague who investigates murder committed by Lily and who suspects Richard.
 * 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. It started before Eastern 2016 in Ostrava. Other shooting places included Prague or Skuhrov.

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.”

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

Future
Entertainment One Television Production acquired rights to produce remake of the mini series.

Miniseries Vedlejší produkt, a thematical successor of Spravedlnost was broadcast in 2024. Vedlejší produkt and Spravedlnost are linked by theme of crime and punishment. Both series are directed by Peter Bebjak while Kateřina Ondřejková serves as creative producer.