Četnické humoresky is a Czech crime television series about a gendarmerie investigative unit, stationed in the city of Brno. The story is set in the period of interbellic First Czechoslovak Republic and combines elements of crime drama and comedy. The stories are based on real case files from that era. The series was directed by Antonín Moskalyk and later by his daughter Pavlína Moskalyková Solo. One of the goals of the series producers and showrunners was to show the life of Czechoslovak gendarmes. The series is not entirely focused on law enforcement and criminal investigations; it also shows private lives of the gendarmerie officers. The series ran for 3 seasons, totaling 39 episodes. Cast Tomáš Töpfer as Karel Arazím, the Senior Sergeant of the station, later Chief constable Ivan Trojan as Bedřich Jarý, Arazím's loyal right-hand man Zdeněk Junák as Josef Ambrož, Chief Warrant Officer Jan Apolenář as Václav Ryba, handler Oldřich Mikulášek as František Řepa, sergeant, porter Erik Pardus as František Zahálka, sergeant František Švihlík as Čeněk Němec, staff Sergeant later Warrant Aleš Jarý as Sláva Jiroušek, staff Sergeant, driver, later shot dead Stanislav Zindulka as Jan Turko, Warrant, later in retirement Viktor Preiss as Leopold Skčílek, Warrant Petr Kostka as Jaroslav Šiktanc, Chief constable, later in retirement Zdena Herfortová as Vladěnka Šiktancová, wife Chief constable Šiktanc Alena Antalová as Ludmila Horká, Arazím's girlfriend, later his wife Libuše Šafránková as Karlička Formánková, Nurse, Arazím's girlfriend Olga Krasko as Klaudie, Arazím's daughter, Bedřich Jarý's wife Tatiana Vilhelmová as Kamila Kliková, pushy and ambitious journalist Miroslav Donutil as Hugo Líbal, photographer and owner of photo studio Dana Batulková as Jindřiška Patová, seamstress and owner of fashion store, lover Sláva Jiroušek Ivana Vaňková as Elly Vienna, opera singer Andrea Elsnerová as Anděla Rybová, Cook Vlasta Peterková as Božena, Cook, later wife Čeněk Němec František Černín as Ondřej Formánek, Karlička's Son Luděk Munzar as Judr. Peřina, Karliška's Father Věra Galatíková as Anna Peřinová, Karlička's Mother Marek Vašut as Kylián Pádlo, Ministry of the Interior (Czechoslovakia) Carmen Mayerová as Vendula Chromáková, Housewife at Karel and Ludmila Ivan G'Vera as Joseph McGregor, Ludmila's brother and more Episodes References External links Czech crime television series 2001 Czech television series debuts Czech Television original programming