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The Motive for Murder (1975)
Directed by Julius Matula, Tomáš Svoboda, Jiří Svoboda
Crime · 1h 30m
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.
Cast
Ilja Prachař
Karas (segment "Víkend")
Antonie Hegerliková
Karasová (segment "Víkend")
Helga Čočková
Šteklová (segment "Víkend")
Zdena Studenková
Věra (segment "Víkend")
Vlado Černý
Petr (segment "Víkend")
Vlastimil Hašek
Štekl (segment "Víkend")
František Hanus
Cyril (segment "Víkend")
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Eva Friedrichová
Cyrilová (segment "Víkend")
Václav Postránecký
Capt. Havránek (segment "Víkend")
Jan Teplý
Lt. Šíma (segment "Víkend")
Ivo Niederle
Man in the Tracksuit (segment "Víkend")
Jiří Schmitzer
Roman Čížek (segment "Víkend")
Crew
- Director
- Julius Matula, Tomáš Svoboda, Jiří Svoboda
- Screenplay
- Jiří Svoboda, Tomáš Svoboda
- Director of Photography
- Miloš Petrolín
- Original Music Composer
- Petr Hapka
- Editor
- Josef Dobřichovský
Details
- Original title
- Motiv pro vraždu
- Release date
- 1975-04-04
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Crime
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Filmové studio Barrandov