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Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment
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Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment

1997-01-01 · 95 min · ★ 6.8

Comedy

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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Directors
Ladislav Smoljak
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Originální Videojournal
Countries
Czech Republic
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Ladislav SmoljakLadislav SmoljakInspector Trachta
Miloň ČepelkaMiloň ČepelkaPolice Trainee Hlaváček
Jaroslav WeigelJaroslav WeigelManufacturer Bierhanzel
Pavel VondruškaPavel VondruškaManufacturer Meyer
Genadij RumlenaSteward

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