Big Beat
Šakalí léta
1993 · 1h 50m · Comedy, Music · Czech Republic
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.
Directed by
Jan HřebejkWritten by
Petr Jarchovský6.0Smart score
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1950sbased on short storymusicalrock 'n' roll
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