Temný kraj (The Dark Country) is a Czech television series that aired on TV Prima in 2017–2019.
The main character of the series is a Prague policeman Petr Kraj who specializes in serial murders. He leaves for the countryside to recover after a sudden collapse. Here he meets colleagues from the district department who investigate a complex case of serial murder.
The ambiguous name of the series refers not only to the place of its action, but also to the name of the main character. Each serial murder case is divided into two episodes.
The first season of the series was broadcast from January to April 2017. It was among the most successful series of Prima in recent years. The average viewership of the twelve episodes was 1.5 million viewers over the age of 15 with a share of 32%. The most watched episode of the first season even crossed the 1.7 million viewers mark (15+).
Village of Břeh, in which the series is set, is actually
Konojedy
Konojedy is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic
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near Prague. The majority of the series was filmed in Konojedy and its surroundings.
Cast
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Lukáš Vaculík as Petr Kraj
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Kristýna Fuitová Nováková as Naďa Hamplová
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Jan Teplý as Vojta Coufal
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Karel Zima as Pepa Sláma
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Martin Trnavský as Luboš Bach
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Saša Rašilov
Saša Rašilov (6 September 1891 – 4 May 1955) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1913 and 1954.
Rašilov was an actor, comedian, clown and cabaret, grandfather of actor Saša Rašilov Jr. and his brother Vac ...
as PhDr. Kryštof Steiner
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Jan Novotný
Jan Novotný (17 June 1929 – 23 January 2005) was a Czech glass artist, painter and art teacher.
Biography
Novotný was born in Pustá Polom, Czechoslovakia and studied at the secondary glass school in Kamenický Šenov and from 1952 at the ...
as Lojza Hampl
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Tereza Kostková
Tereza Kostková (born 14 June 1976) is a Czech actress and television presenter, daughter of actors Petr Kostka and Carmen Mayerová.
Biography Career
After graduating from high school, Kostková studied at the VOŠ herecká acting colleg ...
as MVDr. Tereza Coufalová
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Zdena Studénková as Libuše Kvapilová
References
External links
Official siteIMDB siteČSFD site
Czech crime television series
2017 Czech television series debuts
Prima televize original programming
Czech police procedural television series
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