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The Velvet Murders
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The Velvet Murders

2005-01-01 · 130 min · ★ 5.5

Crime · Drama

A thriller loosely based on one of the most violent Czech criminal cases of the nineties, popularly known as the Orlík murders. The film delves into the motivation behind the killings, exposing their exceptional cruelty and an absolute absence of moral values. The perpetrators executed four people on their way to achieving material gain. Two of the bodies were found at the bottom of Orlík reservoir, the third perished in a bomb blast, and the forth was shot at home...

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Production details

Directors
Jiří Svoboda
Production companies
Česká televize
Countries
Czech Republic
Status
Released

Top Cast

Michal DlouhýMichal DlouhýKarel Hrubes
Jan DolanskýJan DolanskýLudvík Krízek
Richard KrajčoRichard KrajčoIgor Chvalkovsky
Alice BendováAlice BendováIveta
Lucie BenešováLucie BenešováIrena
Petr MotlochPetr Motloch
Pavel ŘezníčekPavel Řezníček
Luboš VeselýLuboš Veselý
Jiří Kodeš
Jiří Zeman
Lukáš HlavicaLukáš Hlavica
Daniel MargoliusDaniel Margolius
Zuzana KocúrikováZuzana Kocúriková
Dušan Urban
Ivan UrbánekIvan Urbánek
Radek BrunaRadek Bruna
Jana PoláškováJana Polášková
Petr HanusPetr Hanus
Ivo NovákIvo Novák
Jan VondráčekJan Vondráček

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