The Motive for Murder (1975)
Motiv pro vraždu
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.
- Date of release
- 1975-04-04
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Julius Matula, Tomáš Svoboda, Jiří Svoboda
Casting
- 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")
- 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")
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