Directed by:
Viktor PolesnýComposer:
Karel SvobodaCast:
Ondřej Vetchý, Zuzana Norisová, Jiří Langmajer, Zlata Adamovská, Danica Jurčová, Jakub Prachař, Veronika Žilková, Petra Špalková, Pavel Řezníček (more)Plots(1)
Set in a Northern Bohemian factory town in the 1960s, Vladimír Páral´s cult novel has been transferred to the screen as a grotesque reflection of human fate. An apartment building serves as the plot´s focal point: a workers´ room hosting occasional and long-term inhabitants, the factory director´s apartment, and men´s and women´s residence halls. Everyone here longs for love but their desires are appeased through rather vulgar sex. Then a young and gifted engineer named Borek Trojan enters this world and proceeds to live out a passionate love story, while at the same time reaching the peak of his professional carrier. But the feelings of contentment and happiness he expected as a victor are replaced by the nagging doubt that he is actually a loser. Is there an escape from this world? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ondřej Vetchý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188679_4d6eec.jpg)
Ondřej Vetchý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
![Zuzana Norisová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/673/162673465_247540.jpg)
Zuzana Norisová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sláva (2016) (theatrical recording)
The Rebels (2001)
Bet on Friendship (2021)
![Jiří Langmajer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806231_5f0825.jpg)
Jiří Langmajer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
Silent Pain (1990)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
![Zlata Adamovská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/811/163811889_b2797c.jpg)
Zlata Adamovská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
Brouk v hlavě (2020) (theatrical recording)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
![Danica Jurčová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270702_d8e460.jpg)
Danica Jurčová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Empties (2007)
Vyvraždění rodiny Greenů (2002) (TV movie)
Blúznenie srdca a rozumu (1997) (TV movie)
![Jakub Prachař](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/139/161139460_2e57a0.jpg)
Jakub Prachař
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revival (2013)
Vyšehrad: Fylm (2022)
Vyšehrad: Seryjál (2021)
![Veronika Žilková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/343/164343613_6ca0e6.png)
Veronika Žilková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Czech Soda (1998)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Deskový statek (2008) (theatrical recording)
![Petra Špalková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/857/163857542_3eeeeb.png)
Petra Špalková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Šašek a královna (1985) (theatrical recording)
Kolya (1996)
Autumn Spring (2001)
![Pavel Řezníček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/164/164164741_75b56a.jpg)
Pavel Řezníček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Záhadná paní Savageová (1997) (TV movie)
![Saša Rašilov nejml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/932/164932920_bb7d25.png)
Saša Rašilov nejml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Loners (2000)
Swingtime (2007) (TV movie)
Naši furianti (2006) (theatrical recording)
![Tatiana Dyková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806193_6025de.jpg)
Tatiana Dyková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Teremin (2010) (theatrical recording)
Loners (2000)
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
![Vladimír Dlouhý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294252_0af1af.jpg)
Vladimír Dlouhý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Na dotek (2002) (theatrical recording)
Jumping Over Puddles Again (1970)
![Marek Taclík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/857/164857470_c73e26.jpg)
Marek Taclík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
![Jan Vlasák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/296/162296856_3bf522.jpg)
Jan Vlasák
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Silent Pain (1990)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
The Night of the Decision (1993) (TV movie)
![Tereza Duchková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/802/157802566_c213c9.jpg)
Tereza Duchková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Genij vlasti (1998) (TV movie)
Arrowsmith (1997) (series)
Černá slečna, slečna Černá (2002) (TV movie)
![Marko Igonda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/486/160486572_a3e7e5.jpg)
Marko Igonda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Krev zmizelého (2006) (series)
Za mestskými múrmi (1998) (series)
![Jitka Sedláčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/127/166127881_a2a867.jpg)
Jitka Sedláčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
![František Šec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276273_e37d32.jpg)
František Šec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Divine Ema (1979)
Sjezd abiturientů (1999) (TV movie)
![Kristina Kloubková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/048/163048025_149769.jpg)
Kristina Kloubková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Empties (2007)
Babylon (2002) (theatrical recording)
Žralok v hlavě (2005)
![Kristýna Badinková Nováková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/030/162030909_8a7fd4.jpg)
Kristýna Badinková Nováková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Rána z milosti (2005) (TV movie)
Kooky (2010)