The Young Man and Moby Dick

The Young Man and Moby Dick

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 13, 1979

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama

User Score

40%

Original Title

Mladý muž a bílá velryba

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Director

Jaromil Jireš

Description

Good-looking Edita Beningerová (Jana Brejchová) arrives at a chemical factory in the North Bohemian town of Ústí nad Labem together with her young assistant Nada (Zlata Adamovská). She is hoping that her ex-husband, outstanding practical chemical engineer Vik Panc (Eduard Cupák), will help her conduct an experiment to validate her proposed theoretical method of isolating cholesterol from lanolin. The success of Edita's invention is crucial for her career at the Prague Institute of Chemistry. Vik's roommate from his hostel Bréta (Ivan Vyskocil) is thrilled. He will finally meet the mysterious and fascinating Edita about whom he has learned so much from Vik.