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Big Beat (1993)

Original title: Šakalí léta

1993-12-09 · 1h 50m · CS
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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.

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Jan HřebejkDirector

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Jakub ŠpalekJakub ŠpalekEda DrábekMartin DejdarMartin DejdarBejbyJan SemotánJan SemotánKšandaSylva TománkováSylva TománkováBejbinaJan KačaniJan KačaniReddyJosef AbrhámJosef AbrhámProkopJiří OrnestJiří OrnestPřemekJitka AsterováJitka AsterováMiladaVáclav JakoubekVáclav Jakoubek

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Musical

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Genre affinityComedy · MusicTheme affinityMusicalDialogue densityComedyDirector preference367594Actor preference348857 · 396838 · 521527Country preferenceCz

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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.

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Big Beat has a runtime of 110 minutes.

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