Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
Released: October 8, 1971Runtime: 89 minLanguage: CS
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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Jaroslav Marvan
as Vacátko, policejní rada
Frantisek Filipovsky
as Mrázek
Josef Vinklar
as inspektor Josef Bouse
Josef Blaha
as inspektorJosef Bruzek
Slavka Budinova
as Irca Janíková
Josef Somr
as Polda Matous
Zdenek Rehor
as Jára Janik
Milos Kopecky
as Arno Hnízdo, reditel hotelu
Otto Lackovic
as císník Pepi
Vaclav Lohnisky
as pianista Krofta
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