Vrazda v hotelu Excelsior

1971
1h 29m

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This retro crime story revolves around a bottle of French cognac that was used to kill the charming Dana Matousová in a high-end Prague establishment. All the threads of the intricate case, ... Read allThis retro crime story revolves around a bottle of French cognac that was used to kill the charming Dana Matousová in a high-end Prague establishment. All the threads of the intricate case, which involves gambling and in which both the hotel staff and the guests, including a myst... Read allThis retro crime story revolves around a bottle of French cognac that was used to kill the charming Dana Matousová in a high-end Prague establishment. All the threads of the intricate case, which involves gambling and in which both the hotel staff and the guests, including a mysterious Persian diplomat, gradually fall under suspicion, are skillfully untangled by polic... Read all

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Cognac, Hazard and Murder

This movie (A murder in Hotel Excelsior) is one of successful quaternary of films which comes out of famous TV series Sinful People of the city of Prague (Hrisní lidé mesta prazského), a collection of stories about the crimes and criminologists (with the legendary chief of the investigators Vacátko (Jaroslav Marvan performs him in this full-length pictures too.). Vacátko and his investigators solve a complicated clew of crimes in the world-known Prague hotel (the most serious one is a murder of a faithless wife). It is shaped as the world of high society which is full of degeneracy (alcoholism, promiscuity, gambling). A group of the investigators contrasts with this milieu and this is the font of many comical situations. The performance are excellent. Marvan and the other criminologists (Bláha, Vinklár, Filipovský) are perfect as well as in the other movies from these series, but the most interesting role was given to Milos Kopecký (director of the hotel). Music by Zdenek Liska is also beautiful and its nobleness corresponds with the cheer of the venue.