Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
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Three passengers are traveling in the luxuriously appointed saloon car of an international express train: the famous Czech police inspector Trachta, the industrialist Meyer, who manufactures everything needed to keep warm (fur coats, rum, fireclay bricks), and the factory owner Bierhanzel, a manufacturer of hair-thickening ointment. At the Istanbul station, the trio is joined by the inspector’s protégé, police trainee Jindřich Hlaváček, who is finishing his thesis on train crime. The journey proceeds smoothly until factory owner Bierhanzel is struck by a toothache...
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Cast
8 people
Ladislav Smoljak
Inspector Trachta
Known for
Kolya
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Miloň Čepelka
Police Trainee Hlaváček
Also in
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Zdeněk Svěrák
Cestmír Kopecký
Jaroslav Weigel
Manufacturer Bierhanzel
Also in
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Milon Cepelka
Intern Hlavácek
Pavel Vondruška
Manufacturer Meyer
Known for
Cutting It Short
Genadij Rumlena
Steward
Also in
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Dissolved and Effused
Ladislav Smoljak Director · Zdeněk Svěrák Writer
First release January 1, 1997 · Produced in Czechia · Original title Vražda v salonním coupé
Production
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Production
Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Vražda v salonním coupé
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · January 1, 1997
Physical
No release date listed for United States.
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