The Motive for Murder

(1975)

★ 4.3 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Crime

Year: 1975

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Julius Matula, Tomáš Svoboda, Jiří Svoboda

Cast: Ilja Prachař, Antonie Hegerliková, Helga Čočková, Zdena Studenková, Vlado Černý, Vlastimil Hašek, František Hanus, Eva Friedrichová, Václav Postránecký, Jan Teplý

Plot

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.