DEATH BEHIND A CURTAIN (1967)

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Death Behind a Curtain
Crime
March 17, 1967
Czech
1h 27m
Filmové studio Barrandov
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...
Cast & Characters
Lubomír Lipský
choreograf Laube
Stanislav Šimek
tanečník Procházka
Miroslav Horníček
kapitán Chrástek
Jaroslav Satoranský
poručík Mareček
Lenka Fišerová
tanečnice Jana Pilátová
Gabriela Vránová
průvodkyně zájezdů Alena Volná
Květa Fialová
tanečnice Milada Havlová
Jiří Vršťala
pašerák Filip Lavedan
Waldemar Matuška
pašerák Orbigny
Jiří Mikota
nadporučík Antoš
Ilja Prachař
ředitel divadla Macek
Josef Langmiler
dirigent Krejčí
Hannjo Hasse
německý policista Hans Kreibe
Karel Pavlík
kriminalista Havlíček
Marie Rovenská
důchodkyně Otílie Jelínková
Helga Čočková
Jitka
Alena Kaslová
Krista Máchová
Crew
Antonín Kachlík
Director
Vladimír Bor
Screenplay
Antonín Kachlík
Screenplay
Vladimír Sommer
Original Music Composer
Jan Němeček
Director of Photography
Jiří Šebor
Executive Producer