The Territory of White Deer

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The Territory of White Deer
Zuzana Vejvodová and Lukáš Jenčík
Directed by	Ludvík Ráža
Produced by	Československá televize, Ravensburger Film
Written by	Jiří Melíšek, Josef Skácel
Starring	Lukáš Jenčík Zuzana Vejvodová Petr Čech Robert Ježek
Music by	Petr Hapka
Cinematography	Ervín Sanders
Distributed by	Česká televize
Release date(s)	1991
Running time	7 x 51 min.
Language	Czech
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The Territory of White Deer (Czech: Území bílých králů, German: Das Geheimnis der weißen Hirsche) is a Czech TV series.

The story centers around a group of children, led by Leontýnka (Zuzana Vejvodová) and Olda (Lukáš Jenčík). Father of Leontýnka (Jan Kanyza) manages the local Deer Park with an invaluable breed of white deer. A series of mysterious events unfolds, threatening the deer. Leontýnka and Olda, who is in turn a son of a local police officer (Pavel Zedníček), search for the villain. The list of suspects includes young fugitive (Michal Suchánek), former head of the deer park (Martin Růžek), former poacher (Jiří Sovák), manager of local restaurant (Oldřich Vlach), designer planning a motorway (Miroslav Etzler) and a couple of others. Stella Zázvorková performed a local widow, as well as Jana Hlaváčová, who works hard to repay financial debt the manager of restaurant. Ondřej Vetchý performed a lover of local teacher. Some parts of the story were narrated by Viktor Preiss (voiceover).

Filming location included South-Bohemian town Třeboň and Deer Park Žehušice near Kutná Hora. The series was screened on Czechoslovak Television, on German ZDF, Super RTL and Kinderkanal and several times on Czech Television as well.