A young soldier, a librarian by profession and a pacifist by nature, reports for basic military service at a border barracks. Bullying reigns supreme at the unit, quietly tolerated by the officers. Private Adam resists and physically attacks the leader of the senior soldiers, but he stands no chance and later ends up in hospital. Private Banýr, an artistic blacksmith in civilian life, is even murdered by the senior soldiers. The librarian and the gypsy Aladar become the main targets of bullying. The two flee together and stage an attempt to escape across the border. Aladar is shot by the senior soldiers and the librarian is detained by border guards, but the entire group of senior soldiers is brought to trial.
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31 people
Michal Bumbálek
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The Invisibles
Poldové a nemluvně
Miroslav Etzler
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Docent
Taming Crocodiles
Jiří Vanýsek
Tomáš Sagher
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Devadesátky
Hlava Medúzy
Petr Halberstadt
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The Czech Century
Sedm schodů k moci
Václav Liška
Gejza Bazika
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Pozvání na zámek
Zázračné dítě
Vaclav Liska
Banyr
Tomáš Herfort
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Bakaláři
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Jan Apolenář
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O princezně se zlatým lukem
Labyrinth
Tomás Herfort
Slza
Igor Bareš
Known for
Waves
The Devil's Mistress
Jiří Vanýsek Director · Zdeněk Krhounek Screenplay Miroslav Hanák Composer
First release October 14, 1993 · Produced in Czechia
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Česká televize
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Czechia
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Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · October 14, 1993
TV · ČT1
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