12 Feb 1932
Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Murder in the Excelsior Hotel
In Vražda v hotelu Excelsior, the interwar period homicide detective squad from Prague investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Mrs Matoušová, which threatens the reputation of the eponymous luxury hotel popular with Prague’s elite. Even the retired police inspector Mrázek (František Filipovský), who works at the Excelsior as a hotel detective, is unable to help at first. Although the investigation inevitably uncovers the hotel staff’s scheming, Vacátko and his team unerringly follow the trail that leads them to the murderer…
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Jaroslav Marvan Policejní rada Vacátko
Josef Bláha Brůžek
Josef Vinklář Bouše
František Filipovský Mrázek
Zdeněk Řehoř Janík
Slávka Budínová Janíková
Josef Somr Janouš
Milena Dvorská Janoušová
Miloš Kopecký ředitel hotelu
Otto Lackovič číšník Pepi
Václav Lohniský pianista Krofta
Josef Langmiler zpěvák
Jan Šmíd Vladimír Stach Joachim Kirchmayer
Otakar Brousek Jiří Smutný Oldřich Musil 
Miroslav Homola Milan Kindl Viktor Očásek
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