In the 1980s, the building themes were transformed into bipolar moral dilemmas involving overly ambitious individuals who wanted to excel at any cost. The hero is the head of a demolition crew that demolishes large buildings, initially a sympathetic young man who, in the pursuit of career and accolades, begins to transgress the boundaries of what was then called socialist morality and legality. He gradually finds himself at odds with the principles of ordinary but honest people. The narrative's bland, proclamatory film is closely connected to its time of creation, and there are hardly any more timeless insights to be found.
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Cast
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Petr Pospíchal
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Jana Paulová
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Vítězslav Jandák
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Zdeňka Sajfertová
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Oldřich Navrátil
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Bylo nás pět
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Ladislav Trojan
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Blue Shadows
Ondřej Vetchý
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Dark Blue World
Kolya
Dalimil Klapka
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Oldřich Velen
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Jan Pohan
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Marketa Lazarová
Věra Galatíková
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Jiří Němeček
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Antonín Kopřiva Director · Petr Novotný Screenplay Jiří Švejda Author
First release September 1, 1986 · Produced in XC · Original title Havárie
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
XC
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Languages
Original title
Havárie
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · September 1, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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