Death Behind a Curtain

Smrt za oponou

Members of an organised group smuggling heroin from France to Italy send a new shipment of the drug via Sweden, the GDR and Czechoslovakia. A new ballet is about to premiere at the Fibich Theatre in Prague. However, the situation is complicated by a horrific event: prima ballerina Milada Havlová is found dead in her dressing room. The autopsy and the first analyses reveal that she died of a heroin overdose. Captain Chrástek is in charge of the investigation and believes that it is not an accident but murder. An investigation unfolds that reveals not only the strained relationships between the members of the ballet company, but above all an international criminal network...

Music

Vladimír Sommer

Screenplay

Antonín Kachlík

Director

Antonín Kachlík

Screenplay

Vladimír Bor

Status

Released

Release date

17/03/1967

Original language

Czech