TV series

Thirty Cases of Major Zema

1976–1980 · 1 season

A sober, old-fashioned police procedural that doubles as ideological mythmaking, watching history get tidied into reassuring moral lessons.

Overview: Thirty Cases of Major Zeman is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the communist party. The series were filmed in the 1970s. Each episode encompasses one year, and investigations are stylized to that year. Most are inspired by real cases. The series follows the life of police investigator Jan Zeman during his career from 1945 to 1975.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, dark and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, justice, politics, corruption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
justice
politics
corruption
loyalty
Places: big city
workplace
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild