The film tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who joins a textile factory in the late 1950s and assumes that a promising career awaits him - the protagonist is therefore constantly comparing himself to his favourite literary model, the equally ambitious Julian Sorel from Stendhal's fresco The Red and the Black. The result, however, lacks the necessary conviction, the ability to draw the viewer into his world, and remains too contrived, as the chosen period has become a mere non-committal...
Top Cast
JI
Jiří PomejeIng. Marek Paar
DA
Dagmar BláhováIng. Zina Zachová
JI
Jiří BartoškaDr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec
PA
Pavel PípalBohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec
LU
Luděk Randárprovozní chemik Zdeněk Trmal
NE
Nela Boudoválaborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena
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Taťjana Medveckáasistentka Vilma
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Josef Bekředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar
PE
Petr ČepekArtl, slepý krajský inspektor
JI
Jiřina JiráskováArtlova žena
MO
Monika Žákováknihovnice Stázi
BR
Bronislav PoloczekMirek Ryvola
PE
Petr Meisselvodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák
AN
Andrea Bogušovskámaturantka Janička, Oskarova dívka
JA
Jana AndresíkováIrma, dáma z ministerstva
JA
Jana ŠulcováDita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena
LE
Lenka JandováDitunka, Arnoštova dcera
VL
Vladimír KrškaIgnác Strejcovský, ředitel závodu v Hurtově