Big Beat (film)

Big Beat (film)
Directed by	Jan Hřebejk
Produced by	Pavel Solc
Written by	Jan Hřebejk Petr Jarchovský Petr Šabach
Starring	Jakub Špalek Martin Dejdar Sylva Tománková Josef Abrhám Jiří Ornest Jan Semotán Jan Kacani Pavel Janoušek Josef Oplt Alexander Rašilov Zdeněk Vencl Václav Chalupa Raoul Schránil Václav Jakoubek Radek Holub Petra Špalková Jitka Asterová Jan Hřebejk
Music by	Ivan Hlas
Cinematography	Jan Malíř
Edited by	Jan Mattlach
Distributed by	Space Films
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Language	Czech

Big Beat (Czech: Šakalí léta) is Czech musical comedy of Jan Hřebejk from 1993. It take place at 1959 in Prague's Hotel International.

Plot

Set in 1959, an "young hooligan from nowhere" calling himself 'Baby' disrupts the peaceful small-town atmosphere with his eccentric clothes, guitar and a passion for rock 'n' roll. He affects both the children and the adults trying to ignore the uneasy times they have to live in.

Cast

• Jakub Špalek .... Eda Drábek
• Martin Dejdar .... Baby
• Josef Abraham .... Prokop
• Sylva Tománková .... Baby Girl
• Jiří Ornest .... Přemek
• Jan Semotán .... Galluse
• Jan Kacani .... Reddy
• Pavel Janoušek .... Mr. Neumann
• Josef Oplt .... singer
• Saša Rašilov .... Mr. Peterka
• Zdeněk Vencl .... Mr. Babka
• Václav Chalupa .... Mr. Hamáček
• Raoul Schránil .... Waiter
• Václav Jakoubek .... Petykoluna
• Radek Holub .... Chief of Gang
• Jitka Asterová .... singer
• Jan Hřebejk
• Linda Rybová
• Petra Špalková
• Václav Koubek .... Eda's Brother

External links

• ČSFD.cz
• Big Beat at the Internet Movie Database