Directed by:
Zuzana Zemanová-HojdováScreenplay:
Jana KnitlováCinematography:
Vladimír HolomekComposer:
Jiří VáclavCast:
Karel Roden, Bořivoj Navrátil, Jiří Lábus, Miroslav Donutil, Petr Burian, Ladislav Frej ml., Barbora Bobuľová, Petr Štěpán, Jiří Vyorálek, Zita Morávková, Martin Matejka, Milan Šteindler (more)Plots(1)
A film adaptation of Josef Škvorecký's nostalgic story of a GROUP of music buffs and the friendship which bonds them. During the Nazi Protectorate of the Czech Lands, they start up a swing band with an adventurous girl named Zuzana. Because of a student prank, however, they come face to face with tragedy. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Karel Roden
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