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Helena's Law (2016)
Directed by Petra Nesvačilová
Documentary · 1h 18m
Young actress and documentary director Petra Nesvacilova, decided in her most recent film to focus on police detective, Helena Kahnova, who, with a colleague, managed to send to prison in the 1990´s several dozen people in the so-called Berdych Gang case – including Berdych himself. In total, the sentences meted out came to hundreds of years – the policewoman, as an extra work bonus, received 10 000 Czech crowns (roughly 300 GBP) and a promotion which was revoked soon afterwards. In completing the film the director managed to establish a working relationship with Berdych himself and former members of his gang. What motivates a woman police officer to stand up to a mafia and what motivates a young documentary film-maker to make contact with this mafia and shoot a film about them?
Crew
- Director
- Petra Nesvačilová
- Screenplay
- Petra Nesvačilová
- Director of Photography
- Klára Belicová
- Original Music Composer
- Jan P. Muchow
- Editor
- Josef Krajbich
- Producer
- Klára Žaloudková
Details
- Original title
- Zákon Helena
- Release date
- 2016-11-03
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czech Republic
- Production
- Background Films, Česká televize, FAMU