The Adventures of Criminology (1989)

Original title

Dobrodružství kriminalistiky

Directed by

Antonín Moskalyk

Genre

crime film, drama film, adventure film, drama television series, crime television series, historical film

Country

West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Germany

Length

4 seasons, 26 episodes

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode of this series explores the early development of a different forensic science technique. The stories are set in various historical eras and are based on real cases and actual people from the past.

educationalhistoricalepisodicinstructiveperioddetectivemethodicalfactual

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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