The Territory of White Deer (Czech

Czech language

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: Území bílých králů, German

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: Das Geheimnis der weißen Hirsche) is a Czech TV series.

The story centers around a group of children, led by Leontinka (Zuzana Vejvodová

Zuzana Vejvodová

Zuzana Vejvodová is a Czech actress.In 2000 she graduated from Prague Conservatory. Afterwards she joined Divadlo Na Fidlovačce . She regularly performs in TV films and series. In April 2008 she was shortlisted for TýTý Award, an annual Czech television award, in one of the categories...

) and Olda (Lukáš Jenčík). Father of Leontinka (Jan Kanyza) manages the local Deer Park with an invaluable breed of white deer

Deer

Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...

. A series of mysterious events unfolds, threatening the deer. Leontinka and Olda, who is in turn a son of a local police officer (Pavel Zedníček

Pavel Zedníček

Pavel Zedníček is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1976 and 2011.-Selected filmography:-External links:*...

), search for the villain. The list of suspects includes young fugitive (Michal Suchánek

Michal Suchánek

Michal Suchánek is a Canadian actor, born in the former Czechoslovakia.-Biography:At the age of 12, Suchánek debuted in his first role in the The Nutcracker...

), former head of the deer park (Martin Růžek

Martin Růžek

Martin Růžek, born Martin Erhard was a Czech actor. He starred in the film Poslední propadne peklu under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982.-Selected filmography:...

), former poacher (Jiří Sovák

Jirí Sovák

Jiří Sovák was a Czech actor, best known for his comedy roles.-Life and theatre career:Jiří Sovák was born Jiří Schmitzer to the family of an innkeeper in Prague. In 1941 he graduated from Prague State Conservatory where he had been studying drama...

), manager of local restaurant (Oldřich Vlach), designer planning a motorway (Miroslav Etzler) and a couple of others. Stella Zázvorková

Stella Zázvorková

Stella Zázvorková was a Czech actress from Prague.Zázvorková, an alumnus of Prague's theatre school of E.F. Burian, appeared in several hundred films and series. She was married to the actor Miloš Kopecký...

 performed a local widow, as well as Jana Hlaváčová

Jana Hlaváčová

Jana Hlaváčová is a Czech actress. She starred in the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007.-References:...

, who works hard to repay financial debt the manager of restaurant. Ondřej Vetchý

Ondrej Vetchý

Ondřej Vetchý is a Czech actor. He was born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia.He is currently employed at The Drama Club in Prague.- Notable performances :* 2005 – Katurian in The Pillowman, DC...

 performed a lover of local teacher. Some parts of the story were narrated by Viktor Preiss

Viktor Preiss

Viktor Preiss is a Czech actor. He starred in the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007.-References:...

 (voiceover).

Filming location included South-Bohemian town Třeboň

Trebon

Třeboň is a historical town in South Bohemian Region of Czech Republic. The population stands at 8,862 .-History:Třeboň was established around the middle of the 12th century. In 1366 the House of Rožmberk become owner of the estate...

 and Deer Park Žehušice

Deer Park Žehušice

Deer Park Žehušice is a natural reserve located close to village Žehušice, Czech Republic.In 1826, Count Matthias Thun-Hohenstein decided to drain fishpond Kravinec located behind Žehušice Castle and to build a fence around the area. A park consisting of meadows and groves, covering about...

 near Kutná Hora

Kutná Hora

Kutná Hora is a city in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic in the Central Bohemian Region.-History:The town began in 1142 with the settlement of the first Cistercian Monastery in Bohemia, Kloster Sedlitz, brought from the Imperial immediate Cistercian Waldsassen Abbey...

. The series was screened on Czechoslovak Television, on German ZDF

ZDF

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...

, Super RTL

Super RTL

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 and Kinderkanal and several times on Czech Television

Ceská televize

Česká televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...

 as well.

The Episodes

1. The Fugitive (Uprchlík)
2. The Wildfire (Požár)
3. The Secret Tunnel (Tajná chodba)
4. The Poisoned Water (Otrávená voda)
5. The Trip (Výlet)
6. The New Forest (Nový les)
7. The Capture (Dopadení)

Cast

• Leontina Bajerová .... Zuzana Vejvodová
  Zuzana Vejvodová
  Zuzana Vejvodová is a Czech actress.In 2000 she graduated from Prague Conservatory. Afterwards she joined Divadlo Na Fidlovačce . She regularly performs in TV films and series. In April 2008 she was shortlisted for TýTý Award, an annual Czech television award, in one of the categories...
  
  
• Olda .... Lukáš Jenčík
• Honza .... Petr Čech
• Pepa .... Robert Ježek
• Mr. Bajer .... Jan Kanyza
• Mr. Klepetka .... Pavel Zedníček
• ??? .... Michal Suchánek
  Michal Suchánek
  Michal Suchánek is a Canadian actor, born in the former Czechoslovakia.-Biography:At the age of 12, Suchánek debuted in his first role in the The Nutcracker...
  
  
• Mr. Louš .... Martin Růžek
  Martin Růžek
  Martin Růžek, born Martin Erhard was a Czech actor. He starred in the film Poslední propadne peklu under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Mr. Roušar .... Jiří Sovák
  Jirí Sovák
  Jiří Sovák was a Czech actor, best known for his comedy roles.-Life and theatre career:Jiří Sovák was born Jiří Schmitzer to the family of an innkeeper in Prague. In 1941 he graduated from Prague State Conservatory where he had been studying drama...
  
  
• Mrs. Kabátová .... Jana Hlaváčová
  Jana Hlaváčová
  Jana Hlaváčová is a Czech actress. She starred in the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007.-References:...
  
  
• Teacher Arnošt .... Ondřej Vetchý
  Ondrej Vetchý
  Ondřej Vetchý is a Czech actor. He was born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia.He is currently employed at The Drama Club in Prague.- Notable performances :* 2005 – Katurian in The Pillowman, DC...
  
  
• Narrator .... Viktor Preiss
  Viktor Preiss
  Viktor Preiss is a Czech actor. He starred in the film Operace Silver A under director Jiří Strach in 2007.-References:...
  
  
• Jaromír .... ???
• Tractor Driver .... Vlastmil Bedrna
• Waiter Kabát .... Oldřich Vlach
• Mrs. Klepetková .... Dagmar Veškrnová-Havlová
  Dagmar Veškrnová
  Dagmar Havlová is a Czech actress. She married Václav Havel, then Czech president, on January 4, 1997. She has one daughter, Nina Veškrnová , from a previous marriage to Radvít Novák .-Early life:Havlová was born to Markéta Veškrnová and harmonist Karel Veškrna on March 22, 1953 in Brno...
  
  
• Mr. Vašut .... Miroslav Etzler
• Mrs. Javorská .... Simona Postlerová
• Franta .... Blažej Svoboda
• Eliška .... Adéla Stodolová
• Helena .... Nora Kurzová
• Mrs. Hlavíková .... Stella Zázvorková
• Mr. Horáček .... Tomáš Valík
• Mr. Verner .... Martin Zounar
• Eva .... Miroslava Součková
• Imre .... Miroslav Heyduk

External links

• Record at Der Tschechisch-Slowakische FernsehSerienIndex - includes character names and episodes in German