The Roubal Case ( cs, Případ Roubal) is a three-part television miniseries by TV Nova, which premiered on the Voyo platform during November and December 2021. It was filmed by director Tereza Kopáčová in the production of Evolution Films. It is inspired by the real events surrounding serial killer

Ivan Roubal Ivan Roubal (May 12, 1951 – June 29, 2015) was a Czechoslovak serial killer who was convicted of five murders. Life Youth Ivan Roubal studied at an agricultural school and graduated in 1970. He worked at the Czechoslovak State Railways as a ...

Hynek Čermák Hynek Čermák (born 19 February 1973) is a Czech actor. Selected filmography Film * '' Little Knights Tale'' (2009) * ''Kajínek'' (2010) * ''Men in Hope'' (2011) * ''Innocence'' (2011) * ''Gangster Ka'' (2015) * ''Po strništi bos'' (2017) * ...

Dagmar Havlová Dagmar Havlová (born Dagmar Veškrnová on 22 March 1953) is a Czech actress. She married Václav Havel, the former Czech President, on 4 January 1997. She has one daughter, Nina Veškrnová (born 1976), from a previous marriage to Radvít Nov ...

, Jan Čenský and

David Švehlík David Švehlík (born 6 April 1972 in Liberec) is a Czech actor. He starred in many Czech movies (including '' Operace Silver A'' under director Jiří Strach in 2007) and TV series (''Kriminálka Anděl'' etc.) His father Alois Švehlík Al ...

starred in the series.

Plot

Two men die during a robbery of a car repair shop. Ivan Roubal is accused of the murder. State attorney Markéta Neumannová and criminal investigator Jakub Miller suspect him of committing six more murders. Junior defense attorney Daniela gets her first opportunity from her boss who is representing Roubal ex offo to demonstrate what she can do. She is successful, challenging the testimony of a key witness in court. Ivan Roubal is about to be released from custody and threatens to kill again. The investigators have 40 hours left to stop it. They are looking for a woman who may have been an accomplice to the murder of Václav Dlouhý who was engaged in filming and distributing porn. Daniela digs deeper into the case and comes across disturbing facts. The trial has entered its final phase, but the police still have no evidence that would stand up in court. Daniela leaves her position as a paralegal and manages to get a key piece of information.

Cast

as mjr. Bc. Jakub Miller *

as prosecutor Mgr. Markéta Neumannová * Kamila Trnková as junior attorney Bc. Daniela Stolařová * Jan Čenský as JUDr. Hynek Pokorný, defense attorney * Vojtěch Vodochodský as Bc. Roman Kraus, prosecutor's assistant *

Jiří Roskot Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B * Jiří Antonín Benda * Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta *Jiří Bartoška * Jiří Bicek * Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla * J ...

as npor. Martin Pražák, policeman * Aleš Petráš as por. Petr Anděl, policeman * Zdeněk Julina as kpt. Ivo Kramář, policeman *

Helena Dvořáková Helena Dvořáková or Helena Dvořák (born 30 January 1979) is a Czech actress. Biography She was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. She studied at an academic gymnasium and later continued her studies of dramatic arts at the Janáček Academy ...

as Hana Marková, Roubal's girlfriend *

Jan Komínek Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

as Tomáš Kovář * Štěpán Tuček as Petr Mráz *

Cyril Dobrý Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name Κύριλλος (''Kýrillos''), meaning 'lordly, masterful', which in turn derives from Greek κυριος (''kýrios'') 'lord'. There are various varian ...

as Michal Olah * Jan Šaněk as Václav Dlouhý * Petr Franěk as František Heppner * Verica Nedeska as Nataša, Heppner's girlfriend *

Regina Rázlová Regina (Latin for "queen") may refer to: Places Canada * Regina, Saskatchewan, the capital city of the province ** Regina (electoral district) ** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina France * Régina, French Guiana, a commune United States * R ...

as Holešová *

Jitka Sedláčková Jitka is a Czech female given name. It is nickname of Hebrew name Judith, meaning ''He will be praised'' or ''woman of Judea''. The old Czech form is Jutka, derived the German name Jutta. Name day celebrate 5 December. Pronounced "YIT-kah". Famou ...

as Manuela *

Vojtěch Hrabák Vojtěch (Czech pronunciation: ) or Vojtech is a, respectively, Czech and Slovak given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of two parts: ''voj'' – "troops"/"war(rior)" and ''těch'' – "consolator"/"rejoicing man". So, the name could be interp ...

as Viktor Roubal, Roubal's son * Jan Slovák as judge JUDr. Zapletal *

Jan Antonín Duchoslav Jan Antonín Duchoslav (born 1 May 1965, Prague) is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of ...

as judge JUDr. Dvorský * Jan Holík as judge JUDr. Antonín Janata * Martin Siničak as judge JUDr. Dušan Jílek * Matěj Šumbera as Marek Hybš * Daniel Krečmar as Oleg Azarov * Michal Dalecký as junior attorney * Jacob Erftemeijer as policeman in prison * Vlasta Žehrová as secretary

Production

It is the first miniseries filmed under the brand Voyo Original. Jan Štoček, a former policeman from the Prague murder party was behind the capture of many of criminals including Ivan Roubal served as an expert advisor. Stoček became the prototype for the character played by David Švehlík in the miniseries.

Episodes

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roubal Case Czech crime television series Czech legal television series 2021 Czech television series debuts TV Nova (Czech TV channel) original programming Television series about serial killers Czech television miniseries