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Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
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Murder in the Excelsior Hotel

1971-10-08 · 89 min · ★ 5.9

Crime

In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs Matoušová, which threatens the reputation of the eponymous luxury hotel popular with Prague’s elite. Even the retired police inspector Mrázek (František Filipovský), who works at the Excelsior as a hotel detective, is unable to help at first. Although the investigation inevitably uncovers the hotel staff’s scheming, Vacátko and his team unerringly follow the trail that leads them to the murderer…

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Directors
Jiří Sequens
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

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Jaroslav MarvanJaroslav MarvanPolicejní rada Vacátko
Josef BláhaJosef BláhaBrůžek
Josef VinklářJosef VinklářBouše
František FilipovskýFrantišek FilipovskýMrázek
Zdeněk ŘehořZdeněk ŘehořJaník
Slávka BudínováSlávka BudínováJaníková
Josef SomrJosef SomrJanouš
Milena DvorskáMilena DvorskáJanoušová
Miloš KopeckýMiloš Kopeckýředitel hotelu
Otto LackovičOtto Lackoviččíšník Pepi
Václav LohniskýVáclav Lohniskýpianista Krofta
Josef LangmilerJosef Langmilerzpěvák
Jan Šmíd
Vladimír StachJoachim Kirchmayer
Otakar BrousekOtakar Brousek
Jiří SmutnýJiří Smutný
Oldřich Musil
Miroslav HomolaMiroslav Homola
Milan Kindl
Viktor Očásek

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