Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book
1998, Czech. Directed by Ladislav Smoljak.
The impetus for writing the play was a real event - the investigation of the loss of the class register at a boys' school in Vienna's 4th district. The perpetrator was most likely a student named F. Kirchner. Cimrman was a police inspector in Vienna's 4th district at the time, and the school principal turned to him when all educational measures had failed. Six police officers followed the suspect for three days, but to no avail. Cimrman therefore decided to influence Kirchner in a different way: he wrote a play about the theft, which was staged by the police department's drama club as a compulsory school performance. The author expected that seeing the suffering of the teacher, principal, and inspector during their futile investigation would lead the culprit to regret his actions and confess. However, the stubborn boy, the son of a nun, was not moved.
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- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Czech
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- Released
- 31 December 1998
- Original title
- Vyšetřování ztráty třídní knihy
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Written by
- Ladislav Smoljak, Zdeněk Svěrák
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Watch Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997), The Stand In (1997), Plum Tree (1997), and The Nude (1998) first, plus 5 earlier titles listed on this page.
What comes after Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book?
Next in the series: Africa (2002), Cimrman in the World of Music (2006), and The Conquest of the North Pole (2007).
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Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 1998. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book?
Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book (1998) was directed by Ladislav Smoljak and stars Zdeněk Svěrák, Ladislav Smoljak, Jaroslav Weigel.