Death Behind a Curtain (1967)
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...
Director: Antonín Kachlík
Genre: Crime
Runtime: 87 min
Release Date: March 17, 1967
Cast
- 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
Screenplay
- Pavel Hejcman (Story)
- Vladimír Bor (Creative Producer)
- Antonín Kachlík (Screenplay)
- Vladimír Bor (Screenplay)
Music: Vladimír Sommer
Cinematography: Jan Němeček
Editing: Jaromír Janáček
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Original Language: cs
Keywords
based on novel or book
More Films by Director: Antonín Kachlík
More Films in Genre: Crime
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Death Behind a Curtain about?
- 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...
- Who directed Death Behind a Curtain?
- Death Behind a Curtain was directed by Antonín Kachlík.
- Who stars in Death Behind a Curtain?
- Death Behind a Curtain stars Lubomír Lipský, Stanislav Šimek, Miroslav Horníček, Jaroslav Satoranský, Lenka Fišerová, Gabriela Vránová.
- How long is Death Behind a Curtain?
- Death Behind a Curtain has a runtime of 1h 27m (87 minutes).
- What genre is Death Behind a Curtain?
- Death Behind a Curtain is a Crime film.
- Where was Death Behind a Curtain produced?
- Death Behind a Curtain was produced in Czechoslovakia.