The Motive for Murder (1975)
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.
- Released
- 1975-04-04
- Genres
- Crime
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tomáš Svoboda, Jiří Svoboda, Julius Matula, Tomáš Svoboda
- TMDB rating
- 4.2/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Ilja Prachař as Karas (segment "Víkend")
- Antonie Hegerliková as Karasová (segment "Víkend")
- Helga Čočková as Šteklová (segment "Víkend")
- Zdena Studenková as Věra (segment "Víkend")
- Vlado Černý as Petr (segment "Víkend")
- Vlastimil Hašek as Štekl (segment "Víkend")
- František Hanus as Cyril (segment "Víkend")
- Eva Friedrichová as Cyrilová (segment "Víkend")
- Václav Postránecký as Capt. Havránek (segment "Víkend")
- Jan Teplý as Lt. Šíma (segment "Víkend")
- Ivo Niederle as Man in the Tracksuit (segment "Víkend")
- Jiří Schmitzer as Roman Čížek (segment "Víkend")