

The Velvet Murders
2005-01-01 · 130 min · ★ 5.5
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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- Directors
- Jiří Svoboda
- Production companies
- Česká televize
- Countries
- Czech Republic
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Michal DlouhýKarel Hrubes
Jan DolanskýLudvík Krízek
Richard KrajčoIgor Chvalkovsky
Alice BendováIveta
Lucie BenešováIrena
Petr Motloch
Pavel Řezníček
Luboš Veselý
Lukáš Hlavica
Daniel Margolius
Zuzana Kocúriková
Ivan Urbánek
Radek Bruna
Jana Polášková
Petr Hanus
Ivo Novák
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