Thirty Cases of Major Zeman (1975)

Original title

30 případů majora Zemana

Directed by

Jiří Sequens

Genre

action television series, drama television series, police television drama, crime television series, adventure television series, propaganda film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Length

1 season, 30 episodes

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows police investigator Jan Zeman across a thirty-year career in Czechoslovakia. Each episode handles a criminal case that is often based on real events.

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What happens

Thirty Cases of Major Zeman (Třicet případů majora Zemana) is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official image and attitude of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The series was filmed in the 1970s. Most of the episodes are inspired by real criminal cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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