(Slovak: '','' ) is a Czech crime television series. It tells the story of police investigator Richard who investigates the murder of a prominent judge which was committed by his daughter, Lily. The first episode premiered on 12 March 2017. It was directed by

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, who stars in the series, collaborated with Bebjak on ''

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''. Spravedlnost received the Czech Lion Award for the Best Television Film or Miniseries of 2017.

Plot

Richard is a police investigator who has not seen his daughter Lily in a very long time. The series starts when Lily shows up at his door and asks for help. She tells him that she has fallen in love with Judge Kowalský, but he attacked her and she killed him in self-defense. Richard decides to help her at all costs. Richard becomes the lead investigator in the case of Kowalský's murder.

Cast

as Richard Koller, the series protagonist. He is a chief investigator whose team is assigned a murder case committed by his daughter. He tries to save her even at the cost of his career. *

Martin Finger Martin Finger (born 16 December 1970) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * ''Walking Too Fast'' (2010) * '' Long Live the Family!'' (2011) * ''I, Olga Hepnarová'' (2016) * '' Toman'' (2018) * ''Metanol'' (2018) * '' The Word'' (2022) ...

as Tomáš Lohnický, Richard's colleague who investigates the murder committed by Lily and who suspects Richard. *

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as Lily Kollerová, Richard's daughter who commits a murder. *

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as Matěj Pospíšil *

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as Monika Lohnická *

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as Pospíšilová *

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as Miroslav Dostál *

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as Vojta Hájek *

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as Radek Hrdlíř, a journalist *

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as Ludmila Dostálová *

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as Kamila Kowalská * Dušan Urban as a taxi driver Roman *

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as Marek

Production

The series was shot during the spring of 2016, starting in Ostrava. Other shooting places included Prague or Skuhrov.

Episodes

Reception

The series competed for an audience with ''

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'' by TV Prima and with the third series of the entertainment show '' Tvoje tvář má známý hlas'' by TV Nova. Each episode gathered around 700,000 viewers the age over 15, which was also the limit of audience accessibility of the show. According to Martin Svoboda, reviewer at Aktuálně.cz, the overall miniseries is "more successful than its problematic first part". He gave it a rating of 65%. According to him, it is also worthy of praise, in contrast to the richness of motifs common elsewhere; " n''Justice'', one and the same motif appears repeatedly, only the backdrops differ. Thanks to this, the creators can go deeper and uncover new corners of a single idea.” The series won the 2017 Czech Lion Award in the " Best Television Film or Miniseries" category.

Future

Entertainment One Television Production acquired the rights to produce a remake of the miniseries. The miniseries ''

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'', a thematic successor to was broadcast in 2024. and are linked by the themes of crime and punishment. Both series are directed by Peter Bebjak, while Kateřina Ondřejková serves as creative producer.

References

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