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Murder in the Excelsior Hotel (1971)

Murder in the Excelsior Hotel (1971)

Crime
Release Date: 1971, October 8
Directors: Jiří Sequens
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Karel Bělohradský, Josef Somr, Josef Vinklář, Milena Dvorská, Slávka Budínová, Miloš Kopecký, Josef Langmiler, Jindřich Narenta, Josef Bláha, František Filipovský, Zdeněk Řehoř, Otto Lackovič

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…

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based on short story