TV series

A Crime with Many Unknowns

1993 · 1 season

A sober, slow-burning period crime drama that feels like reading a 19th-century newspaper report brought to life.

Overview: The plot is based on real events described by Ivan Franko in a series of criminal reports for the newspaper "Kurjer Lwowski" in 1889. The writer used the motives of these events in the story "The Foundations of Society".
How it feels: Dark, tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, justice, class, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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
class
power
deception
Places: small town
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild