Czech Detective Collection 2 (4 DVDs)

Step into Darkness, 1938, 83 min., b&w
A detective comedy based on a novel by Eduard Fiker, starring Rolf Wanka and Adina Mandlová.
Businessman Fred Baron is saved from suicide by adventurer Ronny, who promises to help him. Baron got into financial trouble when he and Mr Haller lost money in Linde's gambling house. Ronny promises to help.
Starring: Rolf Wanka, Václav Trégl, František Smolík, Adina Mandlová.

The Packet, 1944, 88 min., b&w
Gabriel Angel, a successful writer, can't stand the way his wife Lola keeps interfering with his craft, so he decides to divorce her. He decides to move into his country villa. At that moment, a police inspector appears on the scene and warns that some crooks are about to sell the house to a rich Czech-American. The husband and wife, together with the inspector, immediately go to investigate the situation and find a gang of criminals disguised as servants. But it soon becomes clear that they are far from the only crooks involved in this tangled case.
Starring: Oldřich Nový, Jiřina Steimarová, Jaroslav Marvan, Ferenc Futurista, Eman Fiala.

Trauma, 1963, 98 min., b&w
The beginning of an excellent series of criminal cases of Major Kalash with R. Hrušínský and R. By Brzobohaty
The body of a young man is found on the road near a border town. Someone deliberately ran him over. Major Kalas and Lieutenant Varga are starting a search.
Starring: Rudolf Hrušínský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Bohuš Záhorský.

The Mystery of the Blue Room, 1933, 73 min., b&w
The first Czech audio crime drama with the atmosphere of old English detective stories
Irene, daughter of Earl Hellford, celebrates her twenty-first birthday with friends. At the stroke of twelve o'clock the gentlemen rise and congratulate Miss Irene. During the next conversation, Earl Hellford mentions the mysterious blue room, where three people have already lost their lives in very strange circumstances. Tom is the first to enter the room, but he mysteriously disappears by morning. The other is reporter Frank Ferber, who hopes to solve the mystery; but he is found dead.
Starring: Karel Hasler, František Smolík, Jiřina Šejbalová, Bedřich Vrbský, František Kovářík, Jaroslav Marvan.