Directed by:
Jan HřebejkScreenplay:
Petr JarchovskýCinematography:
Jan MalířComposer:
Ivan HlasCast:
Martin Dejdar, Jakub Špalek, Josef Abrhám, Sylva Tománková, Jan Semotán, Jitka Asterová, Jiří Ornest, Jan Kačani, Pavel Janoušek, Saša Rašilov nejml. (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
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