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Film / 1971
Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
Directed by
Jiří Sequens
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 …
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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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Cast
Jaroslav MarvanPolicejní rada Vacátko
Josef BláhaBrůžek
Josef VinklářBouše
František FilipovskýMrázek
Zdeněk ŘehořJaník
Slávka BudínováJaníková
Josef SomrJanouš
Milena DvorskáJanoušová
Miloš Kopeckýředitel hotelu
Otto Lackoviččíšník Pepi
Václav Lohniskýpianista Krofta
Josef Langmilerzpěvák
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Jan Šmíd
Vladimír StachJoachim Kirchmayer
Otakar Brousek
Jiří Smutný
Oldřich Musil
Miroslav Homola
Milan Kindl
Viktor Očásek
Jindřich Panáček
Karel BělohradskýMusician
Přemysl ČernýMusician
Otto GassenbauerMusician
Zdeněk JarešMusician
Tomáš LinkaMusician
Vladimír LinkaMusician
Miloš MikulaMusician
Vladimír NavrátilMusician
Dana BučkováDancer
Alice HašováDancer
Celestina HorwitzováDancer
Alena JanoškováDancer
Milena KaplickáDancer
Olga NavrátilováDancer
Charlota NovotnáDancer
H. RuprichováDancer
J. SmolíkováDancer
R. VedralováDancer
Jiří Klenot
L. WalterováDancer
Petr Jákl
Lubomír Štros
Josef Kochman
David Novotný
Pavel Osif
Ivan Šilhavý
František Rulík
Bohuslav KupšovskýRailway Stattion Announcer (voice)
Jindřich NarentaJoachim Kirchmayer (voice)
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