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Murder in the Excelsior Hotel

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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…

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1971-10-08

Runtime: 89 mins

Director: Jiří Sequens

Spoken language: Český

Genres: Crime

Original title: Murder in the Excelsior Hotel

Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries: Czechoslovakia

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