The Motive for Murder

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Ilja PrachařKaras (segment "Víkend")

Antonie HegerlikováKarasová (segment "Víkend")

Helga ČočkováŠteklová (segment "Víkend")

Zdena StudenkováVěra (segment "Víkend")

Vlado ČernýPetr (segment "Víkend")

Vlastimil HašekŠtekl (segment "Víkend")

František HanusCyril (segment "Víkend")

Eva Friedrichová

Eva FriedrichováCyrilová (segment "Víkend")

Václav PostráneckýCapt. Havránek (segment "Víkend")

Jan TeplýLt. Šíma (segment "Víkend")

Ivo NiederleMan in the Tracksuit (segment "Víkend")

Jiří SchmitzerRoman Čížek (segment "Víkend")