# Dobrodružství kriminalistiky

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.

## Cast

* Boris Rösner as Eugène François Vidocq (episode 1)
* Viktor Preiss as a lawyer Paillet (episode 2)
* Anke Sevenichová as Marie Lafarge (episode 2)
* Ondřej Havelka as office worker Alphonse Bertillon (episode 3)
* Petr Kostka as sergeant Joseph Faurot (episode 4 and 20)
* Dušan Blaškovič as Lofter (episode 4)
* Luděk Munzar as a gunsmith Robert Churchill (episode 5)
* Oliver Stritzel as a bacteriologist Paul Uhlenhuth (episode 6)
* Nelly Gaierová as Klára Grosby (episode 7)
* Vlasta Fabianová as Eleonora Rawlison (episode 7)
* Jiří Adamíra as Gustav Schraepel (episode 7)
* Petr Haničinec as a lawyer and writer Henry Fielding (episode 10)
* Karel Heřmánek as Ladislav Havlíček (episode 14)
* Eduard Cupák as detective Fasaroli (episode 15)
* Andrej Hryc as malíř a Han van Meegeren (episode 16)
* Stanislav Zindulka as Max von Stephanitz (episode 19)
* Siegfried Lowitz as commissar Benhamou (episode 21)
* Jiří Schmitzer as Giulio Canella resp. Mario Bruneri (episode 26)
* Despina Pajanou as his wife (episode 26)
* Pavol Mikulík as policeman (episode 26)

## Episodes
### Season 1

| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Czech viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Stopa" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | November 11, 1989 (1989-11-11) | N/A |
| 2 | "Jed" | Antonín Moskalyk | Ondřej Štindl | November 18, 1989 (1989-11-18) | N/A |
| 3 | "Bertillonáž" | Antonín Moskalyk | Ondřej Štindl | December 2, 1989 (1989-12-02) | N/A |
| 4 | "Otisk" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09) | N/A |
| 5 | "Střela" | Antonín Moskalyk | Ondřej Štindl | December 16, 1989 (1989-12-16) | N/A |
| 6 | "Krev" | Antonín Moskalyk | Ondřej Štindl | December 22, 1989 (1989-12-22) | N/A |
| 7 | "Rekonstrukce" | Antonín Moskalyk | Ondřej Štindl | December 29, 1989 (1989-12-29) | N/A |
| 8 | "Tým" | Antonín Moskalyk | Ondřej Štindl | January 6, 1990 (1990-01-06) | N/A |

### Season 2

| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Czech viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Písmo" | Antonín Moskalyk | Pavlína Moskalyková and Antonín Moskalyk | January 9, 1992 (1992-01-09) | N/A |
| 2 | "První detektivní sbor" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | January 16, 1992 (1992-01-16) | N/A |
| 3 | "Modus operandi" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | January 23, 1992 (1992-01-23) | N/A |
| 4 | "Antropologie" | Antonín Moskalyk | Antonín Moskalyk | January 30, 1992 (1992-01-30) | N/A |
| 5 | "Krevní skupina" | Antonín Moskalyk | Antonín Moskalyk | February 6, 1992 (1992-02-06) | N/A |
| 6 | "Mechanoskopie" | Antonín Moskalyk | Pavlína Moskalyková and Antonín Moskalyk | February 13, 1992 (1992-02-13) | N/A |
| 7 | "Identifikační kresba" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | February 20, 1992 (1992-02-20) | N/A |
| 8 | "Paprsek" | Antonín Moskalyk | Pavlína Moskalyková and Antonín Moskalyk | February 27, 1992 (1992-02-27) | N/A |

### Season 3

| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Czech viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Pinkertonova detektivní agentura" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | January 5, 1994 (1994-01-05) | N/A |
| 2 | "Poslední odvolání" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | January 12, 1994 (1994-01-12) | N/A |
| 3 | "Pes" | Antonín Moskalyk | Pavlína Moskalyková and Antonín Moskalyk | January 19, 1994 (1994-01-19) | N/A |
| 4 | "Duplikát" | Antonín Moskalyk | Antonín Moskalyk | January 26, 1994 (1994-01-26) | N/A |
| 5 | "Padělek" | Antonín Moskalyk | Pavlína Moskalyková and Antonín Moskalyk | February 2, 1994 (1994-02-02) | N/A |

### Season 4

| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Czech viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Hon na rozhlasových vlnách" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | February 9, 1994 (1994-02-09) | N/A |
| 2 | "Volavka" | Antonín Moskalyk | Pavlína Moskalyková and Antonín Moskalyk | February 16, 1994 (1994-02-16) | N/A |
| 3 | "Volavka" | Antonín Moskalyk | Jan Šikl and Antonín Moskalyk | February 23, 1994 (1994-02-23) | N/A |
| 4 | "Vlas" | Antonín Moskalyk | Pavlína Moskalyková and Antonín Moskalyk | March 2, 1994 (1994-03-02) | N/A |
| 5 | "Neznámý" | Antonín Moskalyk | Antonín Moskalyk | March 9, 1994 (1994-03-09) | N/A |