Directed by:
Petr NikolaevScreenplay:
Jan NovákCinematography:
Martin DubaCast:
Ondřej Vetchý, Libuše Šafránková, Vladimír Javorský, Jan Zahálka, Jakub Wehrenberg, Klára Botková, Jitka Ježková, Vladimír Dlouhý, Vilma Cibulková (more)Plots(1)
This nostalgic comedy was based on the book by Czech popular writer Michal Viewegh. The story autobiographically recounts family life FROM the beginning of the sixties to the end of the eighties. The protagonist father (Ondřej Vetchý) is a man trying to survive the depths of Communist Normalization with a clear conscience, and it nearly leads him to a nervous breakdown. A sub-motif concerns his son Kvido, the author's alter ego, and his literary and amorous beginnings. (official distributor synopsis)
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Jan Hraběta
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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Zdeněk David
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Vlastimil Zavřel
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Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
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Jan Slovák
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Jiří Fero Burda
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The Black Barons (1992)
Aleš Najbrt
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Bohumil Klepl
Soviet Union
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All My Loved Ones (1999)
Jan Vondráček
Czechoslovakia
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Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
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Lhář (2005) (theatrical recording)
František Švihlík
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Man versus Ruin (1989)
Doubravka Svobodová
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The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
Hymna aneb Urfidlovačka (2000) (theatrical recording)
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Jaroslav Horák
Czechoslovakia
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Tři spory (1981) (series)
The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
Martin Matejka
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Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
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Bohumila Kuklová
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Ladislav Klepal
Czechoslovakia
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Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
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Miloslav Uhlíř
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Milena Dvorská
Czechoslovakia
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My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Martin Luhan
Czechoslovakia
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The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
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Skřítek (2005)