Helena’s Law

Documentary / 80 min / 2016

Czech Republic

Director: Petra Nesvačilová
Production: Background Films
Producer: Klára Žaloudková
Co-producers: Czech Television, FAMU
DoP: Klára Belicová
Editor: Josef Krajbich

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In the 1990s, police detective Helena Káhnová helped send several dozen members of the notorious Berdych Gang to prison, including David Berdych himself. Director Petra Nesvačilová meets both the policewoman and the former gang members and asks what drives a police officer to stand up to the mafia, and what drives a young filmmaker to seek out that mafia.