Who Looks for Gold?
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When he returns to Prague from a stint in the Army, Lada does not seem to fit in anywhere, and he cannot get the hang of the system of deliberately underperforming on the job. His girlfriend tries to keep him in the city with a variety of stratagems, but he eventually takes a job as a truck driver on a dam-building project. He uses the truck to visit his girl on weekends. Ingenuous, he is unaware that the truck is being used for black-market smuggling, and that his girlfriend two-times on him when he cannot arrange to leave on time for his weekend.
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Jan Hrušínský
hodinář Láďa Kratochvíl
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The Girl on the Broomstick
Zelary
Jana Giergielová
kadeřnice Petra
No other roles listed
Jiří Menzel
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Closely Watched Trains
The Cremator
Zdeněk Svěrák
Július Pántik
řidič Miky Polievka
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Interrupted Song
Alois Liškutín
vedoucí autoprovozu Dalibor
Known for
Cutting It Short
Julius Pántik
ridic Miky Polievka
Vojtěch Měšťan
František Husák
Pepík Němec
Known for
Closely Watched Trains
Rudolf Ráž
Míla Myslíková
kantýnská Marcela
Known for
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František Řehák
otec Petry
Known for
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
Cutting It Short
Jiří Menzel Director · Zdeněk Svěrák Screenplay Rudolf Ráž Screenplay
First release December 1, 1974 · Produced in XC · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
XC
Produced in
Frajeři na blátě
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Languages
Original title
Kdo hledá zlaté dno
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · December 1, 1974
XC · December 20, 1974
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
July 3, 1975 · Berlin International Film Festival
Hungary
May 25, 1976 · TV premiere
Poland
December 29, 1975
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