Crime in a Music Hall

1968 film by Jiří Menzel

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Josef Škvorecký
Jiří Suchý
Jiří Menzel

Starring

Eva Pilarová
Vlastimil Brodský
Rudolf Hrušínský
Jitka Zelenohorská
Jiří Suchý
Jiří Šlitr
Jan Přeučil
Ferdinand Krůta
Jiří Grossmann
Jan Libíček

CinematographyFrancis UldrichMusic byJiří Šlitr

Release date

1968 (1968)

Running time

83 minutesCountryCzechoslovakiaLanguageCzech

Crime in a Music Hall (Czech: Zločin v šantánu) is a 1968 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film is based on a story by Josef Škvorecký.^[1]

Plot

In the Tartaros cabaret, a pearl necklace is stolen, which leads to a murder. All of this could compromise the minister, who is an ardent admirer of the singer Klára Králová. The real culprits must be found as quickly as possible.