Thirty Cases of Major Zeman

Třicet případů majora Zemana / Thirty Cases of Major Zeman

Major Jan Zeman
Created by Jiří Sequens
Starring Vladimír Brabec
Rudolf Jelínek
Miloš Willig
František Němec
Ladislav Mrkvička
Vladimír Ráž
Josef Větrovec
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Ivana Andrlová
Country of origin Czechoslovakia
Original language(s) Czech, Slovak
No. of episodes 30 (List of Major Zeman episodes)
Production
Running time 45-90 min
Release
Original network Czechoslovak Television
Original release 1975 â€“ 2005

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 attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s.

Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1973.

Plot of the first episode

The first episode takes place in 1945. Young Jan Zeman is returning from a Nazi concentration camp. On the train he meets Václav Kalina, who tells him about his plan to join the police force. Jan returns to his home village and finds only his mother there. He discovers that his father has been murdered during the celebrations. The police are unable to find the murderer and close the case. Jan begins investigating on his own. He reveals a conspiracy and calls his friend Václav Kalina at Brno police headquarters; eventually, the murderers are captured. Kalina induces Jan to join the police and serve with him.

List of episodes

External links

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