Big Beat (1993)
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.
Director:
Jan Hřebejk
Writer:
Petr Jarchovský
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Jakub Špalek as Eda Drábek |
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Martin Dejdar as Bejby |
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Josef Abrhám as Prokop |
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Sylva Tománková as Bejbina |
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Jan Semotán as Kšanda |
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Jitka Asterová as Milada |
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Jiří Ornest as Přemek |
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Jan Kačani as Reddy |
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Pavel Janoušek as Neumann |
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Saša Rašilov as Peterka |
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Zdeněk Vencl as Babka |
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Václav Chalupa as Hamáček |
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Václav Jakoubek as Petykoluna |
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Josef Oplt as Singer |
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Václav Koubek as Eda's Brother |
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Radek Holub as Other Pack Leader |
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Radek Smejkal as Other Pack Leader's Adjutant |
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Anna Kreuzmannová as Aunt Juřičková |
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Raoul Schránil as Kaláb |
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Petr Braťka as Marína |
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Dominik Prouza as Carda |
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Jan Halas as Peterka Sr. |
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Zuzana Michnová as Peterková |
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Petra Špalková as |
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Linda Rybová as |
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Ivan Hlas as Eda Drábek (singing voice) |
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Jan Kalousek as Bejby (singing voice) |
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Anna Geislerová as Bejbina (voice) |
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Kateřina Buriánková as Bejbina (singing voice) |
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Leona Machálková as Milada (singing voice) |
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Josef Pilař as Reddy (singing voice) |
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Jan Potměšil as Neumann (voice) |
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Milan Dědek as Other Pack Leader (singing voice) |
| Writing | Petr Jarchovský | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jan Hřebejk | Director |
| Camera | Jan Malíř | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Marek Hart | Sound |
| Directing | Jan Křížek | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jana Jiřičková | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Petr Jarchovský | Story |
| Writing | Jonáš Hřebejk | Story |
| Writing | Ivan Hlas | Story |
| Writing | Petr Šabach | Short Story |
| Camera | Miroslav Souček | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Libor Brůha | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
| Art | Jan Tobola | Production Design |
| Art | Milan Janoštík | Set Decoration |
| Art | Vladimír Kvěch | Set Decoration |
| Art | Karel Jílek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Karel Vaňásek | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katarína Hollá | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleš Kocián | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Jan Mattlach | Editor |
| Sound | Ivo Špalj | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Jiří Milfait | Special Effects |
| Crew | Boris Masník | Special Effects |
| Crew | Miroslav Šnábl | Special Effects |
| Crew | Pavel Kryml | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jaroslav Kolman | Special Effects |
| Crew | Václav Krejčí | Special Effects |
| Crew | David Krejčík | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jaroslav Tomsa | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Martin Engel | Stunts |
| Crew | Simona Jáklová | Stunts |
| Crew | Jindřich Klaus | Stunts |
| Sound | Ivan Hlas | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ondřej Soukup | Music Arranger |
| Production | Jiří Ježek | Producer |