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The Sinful People of Prague

Czechoslovak television series

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The Sinful People of Prague

Genre	Drama
Written by	Jiří Sequens Jiří Marek
Directed by	Jiří Sequens
Country of origin	Czechoslovakia
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Release	1968 (1968)
Related
Panoptikum města pražského

The Sinful People of Prague (Czech: Hříšní lidé města pražského) was a Czechoslovak television programme which was first broadcast in 1968. The programme was written and directed by Jiří Sequens. The thirteen-part series is an adaptation of Jiří Marek's short stories from the collections Panoptikum starých kriminálních příběhů (Panopticon of Old Criminal Stories) and Panoptikum hříšných lidí (Panopticon of Sinful People). The story takes place around 1928. The series was loosely followed by four feature films and one television film (all from 1971 to 1972) and the television series Panoptikum města pražského (1988).

Plot

Police officers from Prague's "Čtyřka", i.e. IV. security department, investigate serious criminal cases in Prague in the 1920s under the leadership of high police counsel Vacátko. The so-called murder squad consists of inspectors Mrázek, Bouše and Brůžek. They are experienced detectives and have extensive knowledge of the Prague underworld, which often meets in an infamous pub Jedová chýše. Around 1928, they investigate murders, robberies, unexplained deaths and embezzlement, but also become involved in the case of stolen secret military documents.