Little known to the general public, the Palaeolithic burial sites reveal exceptional ornaments and raise the question: who were these individuals, buried with such care? An investigation that takes us from France to Russia, and a focus on the Lady of Cavillon, buried 24,000 years ago in Northern Italy.

Dames et princes de la Préhistoire

The detective story set in the early 20th century is full of suspense, twists and emotions. Love, hate and desire for revenge are the strongest motivation for the trio of its protagonists. Military trenches are still full of war victims when superintendent Mondl arrives from Vienna in a small Czech town with the task to track down the serial killer of young men and dispel all doubts that the murders are ritual. Who is the perpetrator, and what is his motive? Suspicion gradually centers on a few persons, including Alma. Once employed as a cook, she now takes care of a little orphaned girl Lea, previously a patient of a mental sanatorium, daughter of her deceased former employer. The experienced detective wants to believe that there's a streak of good waiting to be released in every human being. Human animals once damaged the innocent soul, and got their comeuppance. The detective finds the truth, and opts for justice. But merciless fate soon pays him back.

A Soul to Redeem

What led a former top scientist to  rob a bank and hold a dozen hostages? Czech Television's crime thriller based on Martin Goffa's novel "The Little Girl" is squeezed into two environments - the interior of a robbed bank with hostages and the interior of a crisis management car, from where the police communicate with the mysterious attacker and try, like him, to play for time and find out more about him. The flashbacks also tell the story of the attacker's daughter Karin from the recent past, gradually revealing a connection with what is happening in the current storyline.