Such a brilliant time-piece from the final years of the communist era in Czechoslovakia. Improbable father-son relationship between the serial killer and the detective. The start of the forensic detective work in this parts of the world. Brilliant acting, camera and choreography. But most of all, exquisite storytelling by the screenwriter Jaroslav Hruska. What a debut performance! Christopher Waltz like. He and his team did incredibly thorough work with the world renowned real-life detective Jiri Markovic, spending hours and hours talking to him at his home, going through his journals together. I feel gutted that Mr. Markovic passed away just months before the show release and wasn't able to see it. This is not your microwaved Netflix show. It's long marinated, slow cooked beef bourguignon of tv shows. Delight for all your senses.
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Masterpiece
lu_mi23 March 2024
I don't recall having watched anything this gripping, this raw, this human in a long time. Amazing storytelling, brilliant camerawork, phenomenal acting. The political reality of communist Czechoslovakia is only briefly touched upon and does not hinder the understanding for those who are not familiar with it. Petr Uhlik as Hojer is simply phenomenal. You can never quite feel sorry for Hojer, the show does not let you do that, but you do feel how horrible his fate is nonetheless. The whole ensemble is amazing and their characters are absolutely believable. The production value is very high and the period atmosphere is perfectly captured. I am not sure I could watch it again because it is a painful story to watch but it will stick with me for a long time.
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