Lost Case

For his first feature film, Roman Štětina turned to the iconic character of Lieut. Columbo and the eponymous series that starred Peter Falk intermittently from 1968 to 2003. In a humorous and sensitive collage capturing the fundamentals of the genre as well as the particularities of the series and its hero, Štětina constructs an entirely new story in which Columbo’s detective work goes beyond the search for corpses to include a dangerous number of pointless exploits. As time passes, the detective finds himself in places he would never have imagined could exist. But he remains true to himself regardless. Upon accepting the film’s premise, viewers will be able to enter a story that is just as engaging as any of the series’ episodes. As is usual in the director’s work, he doesn’t limit Lost Case to just the movie itself. The project also features cooperation with graphic designer and film poster artist Zdeněk Ziegler, who employed an unused poster design from 1977 for the film.