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Death Behind a Curtain

Death Behind a Curtain

1967•1h 27m
Crime

Members of an organised group smuggling heroin from France to Italy send a new shipment of the drug via Sweden, the GDR and Czechoslovakia. A new ballet is about to premiere at the Fibich Theatre in Prague. However, the situation is complicated by a horrific event: prima ballerina Milada Havlová is found dead in her dressing room. The autopsy and the first analyses reveal that she died of a heroin overdose. Captain Chrástek is in charge of the investigation and believes that it is not an accident but murder. An investigation unfolds that reveals not only the strained relationships between the members of the ballet company, but above all an international criminal network...

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Filmové studio Barrandov

Language

CS

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Lubomír Lipský

Lubomír Lipský

choreograf Laube

Stanislav Šimek

tanečník Procházka

Miroslav Horníček

Miroslav Horníček

kapitán Chrástek

Jaroslav Satoranský

Jaroslav Satoranský

poručík Mareček

Lenka Fišerová

Lenka Fišerová

tanečnice Jana Pilátová

Gabriela Vránová

Gabriela Vránová

průvodkyně zájezdů Alena Volná

Květa Fialová

Květa Fialová

tanečnice Milada Havlová

Jiří Vršťala

Jiří Vršťala

pašerák Filip Lavedan

Waldemar Matuška

Waldemar Matuška

pašerák Orbigny

Jiří Mikota

nadporučík Antoš

Ilja Prachař

Ilja Prachař

ředitel divadla Macek

Josef Langmiler

Josef Langmiler

dirigent Krejčí

Hannjo Hasse

Hannjo Hasse

německý policista Hans Kreibe

Karel Pavlík

Karel Pavlík

kriminalista Havlíček

Marie Rovenská

důchodkyně Otílie Jelínková

Helga Čočková

Helga Čočková

Jitka

Květoslava Houdlová

Bohumil Pastorek

Bohumil Pastorek

František Kubíček

Alena Kaslová

Krista Máchová

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