A successful scientist dares to openly and forcefully criticize the unproductive activities of the institute in which he works. He draws attention to outdated procedures and also to the fact that scientific work must not fall into the abyss of mediocrity and everyday grayness, so typical of the entire society. Will his career withstand this situation?
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Jan Tříska
Jan Svozil
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Jana Hliňáková
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Jaroslav Rava
Stanislav Hradecký
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Jana Hlaváčková
Vlasta Martínková
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Gabriela Wilhelmová
Hana
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Zdena Herfortová
Eva Svozilová
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Oldřich Vykypěl
ROH chairman
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Žízeň
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Oldřich Slavík
Jaroslav Stehlík (uncredited)
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Jiří Hanák
Miroslav Janoušek (uncredited)
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Vilém Pfeiffer
Bartoněk (uncredited)
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13th district
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Jiří Dušek
Zdražil (uncredited)
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Milan Pásek
Institute director (uncredited)
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Moudrý Engelbert
Vojtěch Štursa Director · Zdeněk Čecháček Screenplay Pavel Blatný Composer
First release September 6, 2015 · Produced in XC
Production
Československá televize Brno
Production
XC
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Languages
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · September 6, 2015
TV · ČT1
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