The Case of the Dead Novice

Budějovice, at that time still without the Czech name, and its surroundings in the troubled times after 1641 are the scene of other stories recorded in the memoirs of the Budějovice executioner. The evil that the blackmailer Johannes brought upon the world continues to operate even after his cruel death on the scaffold, and it is particularly felt by the family of the gloved man Jan Matúš Ploder, a Budějovice councillor. A series of mysterious deaths of novices occurred in the convent of the Poor Clares in Krumlov, where he had temporarily hidden his only daughter. Is this a strange epidemic of suicides sparked by religious fanaticism, or is there a black soul behind the deaths of young girls? A longed-for change in his life awaits the former master executioner Pavel, but fate has prepared a difficult time for the executioner Franci, who almost lost his beloved wife Klárka...

Jaromir Jindra: The Case of the Dead News | Read by Vasil Fridrich and Martin Stránský | Directed by Jan Drbohlav | Sound, editing and mastering by David Pravda | Music by Štěpán Škoch | Filmed in the studio of S Pro Alfa CZ | Production by S Pro Alfa CZ | Supervision by Kateřina Višinská | Published by Euromedia Group, a. does - Témbr, in April 2025.