

Big Beat
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Czech
Studio
ČNTS – TV Nova
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Key Crew

Jan Hřebejk
Director

Ivan Hlas
Story
Cast

Jakub Špalek
Eda Drábek

Martin Dejdar
Bejby

Josef Abrhám
Prokop
Sylva Tománková
Bejbina

Jan Semotán
Kšanda

Jitka Asterová
Milada

Jiří Ornest
Přemek
Jan Kačani
Reddy
Pavel Janoušek
Neumann

Saša Rašilov
Peterka

Zdeněk Vencl
Babka

Václav Chalupa
Hamáček

Václav Jakoubek
Petykoluna
Josef Oplt
Singer
Václav Koubek
Eda's Brother

Radek Holub
Other Pack Leader
Radek Smejkal
Other Pack Leader's Adjutant
Anna Kreuzmannová
Aunt Juřičková

Raoul Schránil
Kaláb
Petr Braťka
Marína