The Motive for Murder
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1975-04-04
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Julius Matula, Tomáš Svoboda, Jiří Svoboda
Spoken language: Český
Genres: Crime
Original title: The Motive for Murder
Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries: Czechoslovakia
Cast
Ilja Prachař
Antonie Hegerliková
Helga Čočková
Zdena Studenková
Vlado Černý
Vlastimil Hašek
František Hanus
Eva Friedrichová
Václav Postránecký
Jan Teplý
Ivo Niederle
Jiří Schmitzer
Václav Vydra
Karel Hábl
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