Big Beat
Dec 09 1993
•2h 50m
•Comedy, Music
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.
Cast
See allJakub Špalek
Eda Drábek
Martin Dejdar
Bejby
Jan Semotán
Kšanda
Sylva Tománková
Bejbina
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