Lost Gate (Czech: Ztracená brána) is a Czech mystery series that premiered on Czech Television in September 2012. It is a sequel to the three-part series Ďáblova lest (2009). It was written by Arnošt Vašíček and directed by Jiří Strach.
The pair of police investigators Petr Sumara and Lenka Šímová investigate a case of a serial killer in the environment of the Prague lodge of freemasons with the help of religionist Michal Runa (Ivan Trojan).
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Cast
Ivan Trojan as religionist Michal Runa
Jiří Dvořák as commissioner Petr Sumara
Anna Geislerová as Lenka Šímová
Pavel Rímský as Bervida
Viktor Preiss as Rohan
Jana Pidrmanová as Tereza
Matěj Hádek as Jandák
Pavel Kříž as Samuel Goldstein
Josef Abrhám as Kruml
Tomáš Töpfer as Taussig
Petr Pelzer as Haluzka
Táňa Medvecká as botanist
Zuzana Stivínová as Ormová
Martin Myšička as pathologist
František Němec as Abbott
Jiří Langmajer as Zábranský
Martin Preiss as lawyer
Anna Kulovaná as bartender
Martin Stropnický as dean
Production
The series was shot in various locations of Prague and Znojmo. most of the footage from the underground comes from the Znojmo underground. Filming was also done, for example, in the Prague subway, under the Čech bridge, by Motolské potok, in the Prague sewage treatment plant or in the Vyšehrad casemates. There were over 50 filming days. The director of the second crew was Vojtěch Moravec.