Big Beat
6.5
A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social climate. The action is driven by the character of a young man named Baby who causes a local rebellion by bringing rock'n'roll to a Communist neighborhood raised on swing.
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Cast
40 people
Jakub Špalek
Eda Drábek
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The Ride
Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon
Martin Dejdar
Bejby
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Comeback
Kosmo
Jan Hřebejk
Jiří Ježek
Jan Malíř
Josef Abrhám
Prokop
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Morgiana
Happy End
Petr Jarchovský
Pavel Šolc
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Válka barev
Marek Hart
Sylva Tománková
Bejbina
Petr Šabach
Jan Semotán
Kšanda
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Jan
Jan Hřebejk Director · Petr Jarchovský Screenplay Ivan Hlas Story
First release December 9, 1993 · Produced in Czechia · Production Space Films
Production
ČNTS – TV Nova
Production
Space Films
Production
Czechia
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Languages
Original title
Šakalí léta
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · December 9, 1993
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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