Big Beat

Dec 9, 1993

1h 50m

★ 5.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

ČNTS – TV Nova

Space Films

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Cast

Eda Drábek

Jakub Špalek

Bejby

Martin Dejdar

Prokop

Josef Abrhám

Bejbina

Sylva Tománková

Kšanda

Jan Semotán

Milada

Jitka Asterová

Přemek

Jiří Ornest

Reddy

Jan Kačani

Neumann

Pavel Janoušek

Peterka

Saša Rašilov

Babka

Zdeněk Vencl

Hamáček

Václav Chalupa

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