Rapl

{{Other uses|RAPL (disambiguation){{!}}RAPL}}

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| language = Czech

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Rapl (Fury) is a Czech crime television series. It was directed by Jan Pachl, who is the author of the script and, together with Josef Viewegh, also produced the series.

Plot

Detective Kuneš beats up his ex-wife's boyfriend and is sent as an intern to a remote border region by his superior as a punishment. He is tasked to solve the two-year-old murder of policewoman Wágnerová, whose investigation has stalled. However, crime in the border region is one of the highest in the country - smuggling, drug production, poaching, prostitution, murder. Kuneš has to solve one difficult case after another.

Cast

Hynek Čermák as Major Kuneš
Alexej Pyško as lieutenant colonel Jan Rohan
Lukáš Příkazký as First Lieutenant Robin Lupínek
Lucie Žáčková as Ůieutenant Jana Slepičková
Jan Dolanský as Captain Marek Gregor
Tomáš Jeřábek as First Lieutenant Mácha
Lukáš Vaculík as KáGeBák Hojzar

Production

Rapl is a spin-off from a previous series, Cirkus Bukowsky.{{cite web |title=Rapl odstartuje na konci srpna, půjde v pondělí |url=https://www.mediaguru.cz/clanky/2016/08/rapl-odstartuje-na-konci-srpna-pujde-v-pondeli/ |website=MediaGuru.cz |access-date=8 January 2023 |language=cs}} The thirteen-part first season of the series premiered on Czech Television from 29 August 2016.

Filming for the second season began in November 2017. It also has 13 episodes. Filming lasted until autumn 2018.{{cite web |title=Zločiny nekončí, Rapl také ne. Ve druhé sérii se přesune z hor k vodě |url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/2300083-zlociny-nekonci-rapl-take-ne-ve-druhe-serii-se-presune-z-hor-k-vode |website=ČT24|publisher=Czech Television|access-date=8 January 2023 |language=cs}} It was broadcast in early 2019.

Awards

The series was ranked in a poll among iDNES.cz readers as the second best Czech crime series of the decade after Případy 1. oddělení.{{cite web |title=Nejlepším českým krimiseriálem desetiletí jsou Případy 1. oddělení |url=https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/film-televize/anketa-krimiserial-vysledky.A161012_113454_filmvideo_spm |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=8 January 2023 |language=cs |date=12 October 2016}}

The series was nominated for the Czech Lion awards and for the European television festival Prix Europa award.{{cite web |title=Čermákův Rapl se v druhé sérii přesune z Jáchymova do Ústí i Černé Hory |url=https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/film-televize/rapl-2-hynek-cermak-pokracovani.A171114_104659_filmvideo_ts |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=8 January 2023 |language=cs |date=14 November 2017}}

References

External links

[https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10936283306-rapl/ Official site]
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5976538/ IMDB site]
[https://www.csfd.cz/film/412007-rapl/prehled/ ČSFD site]

Category:Czech action television series

Category:Czech crime television series

Category:Czech thriller television series

Category:2016 Czech television series debuts

Category:Czech Television original programming

Category:Czech television spinoffs

Category:Czech police procedural television series