Big Beat

Big Beat

110 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 9, 1993

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.

Big Beat

110 mins | Comedy, Music | Dec. 9, 1993

Big Beat
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Šakalí léta
Directors Jan Hřebejk
Writers Petr Jarchovský

Cast

Jakub Špalek

as Eda Drábek

Martin Dejdar

as Bejby

Jan Semotán

as Kšanda

Sylva Tománková

as Bejbina

Jan Kačani

as Reddy

Josef Abrhám

as Prokop

Jiří Ornest

as Přemek

Jitka Asterová

as Milada