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and Kinderkanal and several times on

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as well.

Plot

The story centers around a group of children, led by Leontinka (

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) and Olda (Lukáš Jenčík). Father of Leontinka (

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) manages the local Deer Park with an invaluable breed of white

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. A series of mysterious events unfolds, threatening the deer. Leontinka and Olda, who is in turn a son of a local police officer ( Pavel Zedníček), search for the villain. The list of suspects includes young fugitive (

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), former head of the deer park (

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), former poacher (

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), manager of local restaurant ( Oldřich Vlach), designer planning a motorway ( Miroslav Etzler) and a couple of others. Stella Zázvorková performed a local widow, as well as

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, who works hard to repay financial debt the manager of restaurant.

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performed a lover of local teacher. Some parts of the story were narrated by

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(voiceover).

Episodes

# ''The Fugitive (Uprchlík)'' # ''The Wildfire (Požár)'' # ''The Secret Tunnel (Tajná chodba)'' # ''The Poisoned Water (Otrávená voda)'' # ''The Trip (Výlet)'' # ''The New Forest (Nový les)'' # ''The Capture (Dopadení)''

Cast

*Leontina Bajerová ....

*Olda .... Lukáš Jenčík *Honza .... Petr Čech *Pepa .... Robert Ježek *Mr. Bajer .... Jan Kanyza *Mr. Klepetka .... Pavel Zedníček *??? ....

*Mr. Louš ....

*Mr. Roušar ....

*Mrs. Kabátová ....

*Teacher Arnošt ....

*Narrator ....

*Jaromír .... ??? *Tractor Driver .... Vlastmil Bedrna *Waiter Kabát .... Oldřich Vlach *Mrs. Klepetková .... Dagmar Veškrnová-Havlová *Mr. Vašut .... Miroslav Etzler *Mrs. Javorská .... Simona Postlerová *Franta .... Blažej Svoboda *Eliška .... Adéla Stodolová *Helena .... Nora Kurzová *Mrs. Hlavíková .... Stella Zázvorková *Mr. Horáček .... Tomáš Valík *Mr. Verner .... Martin Zounar *Eva .... Miroslava Součková *Imre .... Miroslav Heyduk

Filming locations

Filming location included South Bohemian town

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and Deer Park Žehušice near Kutná Hora.

External links

Record at ''Der Tschechisch-Slowakische FernsehSerienIndex''
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