Murder in the Excelsior Hotel

Overview

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…

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 8, 1971

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Bohuslav Kupšovský,František Filipovský,R. Vedralová,Viktor Očásek,David Novotný,Jan Šmíd,Lubomír Štros,Alena Janošková,Josef Langmiler,Olga Navrátilováand 40 more

Director

Jiří Sequens

Writer

Miloš Brož,Vladimír Sís,Jiří Sequens,Jiří Marek

Producer

Bohumil Šmída

Cinematography

Václav Hanuš

Music

Zdeněk Liška

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0138922