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Big Beat

Big Beat

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 9, 1993

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Comedy, Music

User Score

55%

Original Title

Šakalí léta

Production Companies

ČNTS – TV Nova, Space Films Polytechna

Director

Jan Hřebejk

Description

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.