The Motive for Murder
1975, Czech. Directed by Julius Matula & Tomáš Svoboda & Jiří Svoboda.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Czech
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Cast & crew
- Julius MatulaDirector
- Tomáš SvobodaDirector
- Jiří SvobodaDirector
- 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 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")
Details
- Released
- 4 April 1975
- Original title
- Motiv pro vraždu
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Jiří Svoboda, Tomáš Svoboda, Karel Štorkán
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The Motive for Murder runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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The Motive for Murder isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 April 1975. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Motive for Murder?
The Motive for Murder (1975) was directed by Julius Matula and Tomáš Svoboda and Jiří Svoboda and stars Ilja Prachař, Antonie Hegerliková, Helga Čočková.