Director: | Viktor Polesný |
Starring: | Jaroslav Plesl, Karel Heřmánek, Karel Roden |
Company: | Czech Television |
Runtime: | 172 minutes |
Country: | Czech Republic |
Language: | Czech |
Murder in Polná (Czech: '''Zločin v Polné''') is a 2016 Czech film that deals with Hilsner Affair.[1] Hilsner's lawyer Zdeno Auředníček is the protagonist of the film.[2]
The film starts with murder of Anežka Hrůzová. She was found between the village of Veznicka and the town of Polná. People conclude that Jews must have been involved with the murder as there was no sexual violence and everyone believes that murder had religious motif. Young Jewish rover Leopold Hillsner comes up as potential murderer.