The Motive for Murder

Overview

A short story film depicting the three different faces of crime. In the short story "The Weekend", Karas kills a woman he raped some time ago in order to silence her. However, he accidentally kills another woman. In "Hostages", a drug addict, Chaban, terrorizes the hospital's operating team, but the disciplined doctors handle the difficult situation. In "The Pickpocket", the thief Benda wants to return to his trade immediately after his release, but his attempt ends tragically.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 4, 1975

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Slávka Krauskopfová,Eva Friedrichová,Lucie Krátká,Václav Mareš,Oldřich Velen,Václav Postránecký,Bohumil Šmída,Miloš Vávra,Slávka Budínová,Jana Brejchováand 66 more

Director

Julius Matula,Tomáš Svoboda,Jiří Svoboda

Writer

Tomáš Svoboda,Jiří Svoboda,Karel Štorkán

Cinematography

Miloš Petrolín

Music

Petr Hapka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0071861