74199
74199

Big Beat

1993-12-09
5.5
cs 110m
ComedyMusic
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.

Screenplay

Petr Jarchovský

Director

Jan Hřebejk

Director of Photography

Jan Malíř

Sound

Marek Hart

First Assistant Director

Jan Křížek

Second Assistant Director

Jana Jiřičková

rock 'n' roll musical based on short story 1950s

Status

Released

Countries

  • Czech Republic

Companies

  • ČNTS – TV Nova
  • Space Films