Genres
Duration
110 min
Director
Jan Hřebejk
Rating
5.5
Release Date
December 9, 1993
Big Beat
Original title: Šakalí léta
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FilmBox+Synopsis
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.
Big Beat cast
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Jakub Špalek
Character:
Eda Drábek
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Martin Dejdar
Character:
Bejby
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Josef Abrhám
Character:
Prokop
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Sylva Tománková
Character:
Bejbina
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Jan Semotán
Character:
Kšanda
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Jitka Asterová
Character:
Milada
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Jiří Ornest
Character:
Přemek
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Jan Kačani
Character:
Reddy
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Pavel Janoušek
Character:
Neumann
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Saša Rašilov
Character:
Peterka
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Zdeněk Vencl
Character:
Babka
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Václav Chalupa
Character:
Hamáček
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Václav Jakoubek
Character:
Petykoluna
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Josef Oplt
Character:
Singer
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Václav Koubek
Character:
Eda's Brother
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Radek Holub
Character:
Other Pack Leader
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Radek Smejkal
Character:
Other Pack Leader's Adjutant
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Anna Kreuzmannová
Character:
Aunt Juřičková
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Raoul Schránil
Character:
Kaláb
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Petr Braťka
Character:
Marína
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Dominik Prouza
Character:
Carda
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Jan Halas
Character:
Peterka Sr.
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Zuzana Michnová
Character:
Peterková
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Petra Špalková
Character:
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Linda Rybová
Character:
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Ivan Hlas
Character:
Eda Drábek (singing voice)
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Jan Kalousek
Character:
Bejby (singing voice)
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Anna Geislerová
Character:
Bejbina (voice)
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Kateřina Buriánková
Character:
Bejbina (singing voice)
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Leona Machálková
Character:
Milada (singing voice)
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Josef Pilař
Character:
Reddy (singing voice)
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Jan Potměšil
Character:
Neumann (voice)
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Milan Dědek
Character:
Other Pack Leader (singing voice)
