Directed by:
Jan HřebejkScreenplay:
Petr JarchovskýCinematography:
Jan MalířCast:
Bolek Polívka, Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Vilma Cibulková, Jiří Pecha, Lukáš Baborský, Nikola Pešková, Matěj Nechvátal, Jan Drozda, Pavel Liška (more)Plots(1)
A bittersweet comedy set just prior to 1984, during the era of 'practical socialism'. For political reasons, Bedřich Mára has had to give up teaching at Prague's Academy of Art. He is not allowed to exhibit and has been pushed to the sidelines of interest and lucrative commissions. He and his ceramicist wife and two sons live in a small apartment on the outskirts of Prague. Míla Bečka, the school principal, and his family stand in stark contrast to the Máras. Comrade Míla and his ambitious wife, Bedrich's fellow student from the Academy, have gone with the socialist flow for years. They find justification for their behavior in the usual words: 'Someones got to swim along with them to make things better; someones got to make that sacrifice!' (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Bolek Polívka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098820_36fd45.jpg)
Bolek Polívka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
![Eva Holubová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725855_26301e.jpg)
Eva Holubová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light (2023)
![Jaroslav Dušek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/494/161494941_97bf2a.jpg)
Jaroslav Dušek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Čtyři dohody (2013) (theatrical recording)
Divided We Fall (2000)
![Vilma Cibulková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/683/163683397_84ab48.jpg)
Vilma Cibulková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Picasso (2008) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Poklad pana H. (1998) (TV movie)
![Jiří Pecha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268149_34d1d8.jpg)
Jiří Pecha
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Divided We Fall (2000)
Koncert V... (1990) (theatrical recording)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
![Lukáš Baborský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279982_fb41dd.jpg)
Lukáš Baborský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pupendo (2003)
![Nikola Pešková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274092_6a7e45.jpg)
Nikola Pešková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pupendo (2003)
![Matěj Nechvátal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901330_bc6398.jpg)
Matěj Nechvátal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Swingtime (2007) (TV movie)
Pupendo (2003)
Old-Timers (2019)
Jan Drozda
Best movies:
Pupendo (2003)
![Pavel Liška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/995/160995815_63ec7e.jpg)
Pavel Liška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
BrainStorm (2008) (TV movie)
Return of the Idiot (1999)
![Zuzana Kronerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/971/163971363_b6d632.png)
Zuzana Kronerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Zhŕňajova nevesta (1978) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
![Zuzana Michnová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/136/794/136794894_773968.jpg)
Zuzana Michnová
Czechoslovakia
![Soňa Červená](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806122_099378.jpg)
Soňa Červená
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Tomorrow There Will Be... (2010) (theatrical recording)
Pupendo (2003)
![Matěj Ruppert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948925_f171b6.jpg)
Matěj Ruppert
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Even Mice Belong in Heaven (2021)
Living Large (2024)
Pupendo (2003)
![Hana Seidlová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/040/844/40844673_0aa6f0.jpg)
Hana Seidlová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Pupendo (2003)
How Not to Screw Up Your Life (2019) (series)
![Bohumil Klepl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271446_54f10f.jpg)
Bohumil Klepl
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Kde je láska, je i žárlivost (2011) (theatrical recording)
Czech Soda (1998)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
![Boris Hybner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268598_9e91e3.jpg)
Boris Hybner
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
![Radomil Uhlíř](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275652_629d2d.jpg)
Radomil Uhlíř
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Smoke (1990)
It's Gonna Get Worse (2007)
Pražská 5 (1988)
![Aleš Březina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/223/158223189_b9d6db.jpg)
Aleš Březina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pupendo (2003)
Beauty in Trouble (2006)
Anna Kratochvílová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Jedlíci čokolády (2022) (theatrical recording)
Pupendo (2003)
The Butcher of Prague (2011)