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Death Behind a Curtain
Death Behind a Curtain

Death Behind a Curtain

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Crime

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

17 March 1967

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Lubomír Lipský

Lubomír Lipský

choreograf Laube

Stanislav Šimek

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

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

Marie Rovenská

důchodkyně Otílie Jelínková

Helga Čočková

Helga Čočková

Jitka

Květoslava Houdlová

Květoslava Houdlová

Bohumil Pastorek

Bohumil Pastorek

František Kubíček

František Kubíček

Alena Kaslová

Alena Kaslová

Krista Máchová

Josef Stehlík

Josef Stehlík

Alexej Kusák

Alexej Kusák

Arthur Jopp

Arthur Jopp

Antonín Jedlička

Antonín Jedlička

Jiří Hoščálek

Jiří Hoščálek

Věra Chocová

Věra Chocová

Jana Heyduková

Jana Heyduková

Milan Ječmínek

Milan Ječmínek

Eva Kaprálová

Eva Kaprálová

Eva Hřebenářová

Eva Hřebenářová

Jarmila Kostlivá

Jarmila Kostlivá

Miroslava Krčálová

Miroslava Krčálová

Miroslav Kydlíček

Miroslav Kydlíček

Petr Novák

Petr Novák

Dancer

Jiří Paclík

Jiří Paclík

Ludmila Rašpličková

Ludmila Rašpličková

Zdeněk Sudek

Zdeněk Sudek

Věra Sudková

Věra Sudková

Dana Špédlová

Dana Špédlová

Pavel Vitinger

Pavel Vitinger

Zdeňka Zvonařová

Zdeňka Zvonařová

Jiří Žalud

Jiří Žalud

Marie Plášilová

Marie Plášilová

P. Režná

P. Režná

Dana Reimová

Dana Reimová

Marie Štichová

Marie Štichová

Jan Baloun

Jan Baloun

Alena Kreuzmannová

Alena Kreuzmannová

Krista Máchová (voice)

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