Murder in the Excelsior Hotel

October. 08,1971

Rating：

7.3

Genre：

Crime

Keywords：

Based On Short Story

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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…

Jaroslav Marvan as Policejní rada Vacátko

Josef Bláha as Brůžek

Josef Vinklář as Bouše

František Filipovský as Mrázek

Zdeněk Řehoř as Janík

Slávka Budínová as Janíková

Josef Somr as Janouš

Milena Dvorská as Janoušová

Miloš Kopecký as ředitel hotelu

Otto Lackovič as číšník Pepi

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Reviews

ThiefHott

1971/10/08

Too much of everything

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Laikals

1971/10/09

The greatest movie ever made..!

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Brendon Jones

1971/10/10

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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Arianna Moses

1971/10/11

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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