Případy 1. oddělení

Případy 1. oddělení (Cases of the 1st Department in English) is a Czech crime television series. The series is based on real criminal cases investigated by Czech Police. People involved in screenwrighting of the series include Jan Malinda (journalist MF Dnes) and Josef Mareš (chief investigator of the real 1st department).[1] The series was selected the best Czech crime television series in last decade.[2] Main characters are based on real life investigators and other people. The cases reflect some of the most famous real criminal cases of the modern Czech Republic.[3] Series was renewed for third season to be aired in 2022.[4] Season 3 concluded on 28 November 2022.[5][6]

Případy 1. oddělení
GenreCrime
Written byJosef Mareš
Jan Malinda
Directed byDan Wlodarczyk
Peter Bebjak
StarringOndřej Vetchý
Bolek Polívka
Filip Blažek
Country of originCzech Republic
Original languageCzech
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes35
Production
Running time61 minutes
Release
Original networkČT1
Original release2014 (2014) 
2022 (2022)
Related
Nineties

Cast

Main

  • Ondřej Vetchý as mjr. Tomáš Kozák
  • Boleslav Polívka as mjr. Václav Plíšek
  • Filip Blažek as kpt. Martin Pražák
  • Petr Stach as kpt. Petr Anděl
  • Miroslav Vladyka as por. Vítězslav Sršeň
  • Miroslav Hanuš as mjr. Josef Korejs
  • Igor Chmela as mjr. Dušan Vrána (since season 2)
  • Barbora Bočková as kpt. Bc. Adéla Čulíková (season 3)
  • Juraj Loj as kpt. Mgr. Jiří Netík (season 3)

Supporting

  • Igor Bareš as plk. Vladimír Jeřábek
  • Ondřej Malý as MUDr. Karel Vojíř
  • Sabina Remundová as JUDr. Anna Švihlíková, prosecutor
  • Jan Meduna as por. Ondřej Kavalír
  • Petra Hřebíčková as Andrea Skopcová, journalist

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
First airedLast aired
1146 January 20147 April 2014
284 January 201622 February 2016
3135 September 202228 November 2022

Production

The series began filming on March 18, 2013, and continued filming until December 2013.[7] He held a press conference on 10 December 2013.[8] The series was produced by Czech Television and Michal Reitler's creative production group.[7] Police offices, prosecutor's office, newsroom, autopsy room, cells and other buildings or rooms seen were built on one of the floors of the former Komerční banka building in Sokolovská street in Prague 9.[7] Some episodes also feature real crime scenes; 149 actors appeared in the first series and it was filmed in no less than 237 locations over a period of 284 days.[9]

First ideas for the series arose in 2008, after half a year only Jan Malinda discovered a policeman who was also willing to join the project; it was the colonel of the Prague Police Directorate, Ing. Josef Mareš, who later became the official screenwriter. In the first part, he played a short extra role as a uniformed police officer, and although he spent 23 years with the Police of the Czech Republic, he wore the uniform for the first time. In the tenth episode, he played a short extra role as one of the investigators. The series' working title was Homicide.[7][9]

The character of Miroslav Vladyka was originally intended as a supporting role; after the pilot, the creators decided to include Vladyka as one of the main characters.[9]

The second season was filmed from 1 March 2015 to 13 July 2015. Filming completed in August 2015; it was filmed for 80 days.

The third season was filmed from 10 May 2021 to 1 March 2022

Shooting locations

The first and third season were filmed in and around Prague while the second season was filmed in and around Prague, Plzeň, Tábor, Jihlava, some locations in Moravia and also in Dresden and elsewhere in Saxony.

Prequel

Czech Television started to broadcast tv series called Nineties in January 2022. It serves as a prequel to Případy 1. oddělení with some characters reappearing while being recast by younger actors.[10]

Reception

The series was ranked in a poll among iDNES.cz readers as the best Czech crime series of the decade.[11]

References

  1. "Konec Případů 1. oddělení: Seriál mi uškodil, říká šéf skutečné pražské mordparty". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. "Nejlepším českým krimiseriálem desetiletí jsou Případy 1. oddělení". iDNES.cz. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. "Případy 1. oddělení. Kdo je kdo v pražské mordpartě a proč se kriminalistovi nelíbí Polívka?". Lidovky.cz. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. "Prequel Případů 1. oddělení se představil na Febiofestu". febiofest.cz (in Czech). Prague International Film Festival - Febiofest. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. "Třetí řadu Případů 1. oddělení sledovalo 1,64 milionu diváků. Převažovali muži - Novinky". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  6. "Skončily Případy 1. oddělení. A je to škoda". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  7. "Oddělení vražd má zaděláno". ct24.ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. "Případy 1. oddělení (TV seriál) Česko Oddělení vražd (archived)". Kritiky.cz. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. "Zajímavosti z 1. oddělení — Případy 1. oddělení". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  10. "Devadesátky: Kdo nahradil Polívku a Vetchého z Případů 1. oddělení!". Blesk.cz (in Czech). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  11. "Nejlepším českým krimiseriálem desetiletí jsou Případy 1. oddělení". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 12 October 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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