Big Beat(Movie, 1993)

Name: Big Beat
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1993
Duration: T01:50:00
Rating: 2.8

Original title: "Šakalí léta" (Czech/CS)

1h 50min | Genres: Comedy, Music

Rating: 2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Big Beat (Czech: Šakalí léta) is a 1993 Czech musical comedy directed by Jan Hřebejk. It is set in 1959 in Prague's Hotel International. The film was Hřebejk's breakthrough box-office hit and the first feature film made by Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovsky as a directing-writing team. Jarchovsky wrote the script based on a story by Petr Šabach. The music and lyrics were written for the film by singer-songwriter Ivan Hlas, and veteran cameraman Jan Malir also worked on the film. The film won four Czech Lion awards, including Best Film of 1993, Best Director (Hřebejk), Best Actor (Josef Abrhám) and Best Original Score. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Big Beat

Czech Lion Award for Best Film

About 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: Czech Republic

Shot in: Prague

Plays in: Prague

Original language: Czech (CS)

Spoken languages: Czech (CS)

Translated into 3 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 12/09/1993

Cast: Jakub Špalek, Martin Dejdar, Josef Abrhám, Jiří Ornest, Raoul Schránil, Radek Holub, Jan Hřebejk, Petra Špalková, Saša Rašilov, Jitka Asterová, Linda Rybová, Anna Kreuzmannová, Gabriela Osvaldová, Lenka Krobotová, Václav Koubek, Jan Antonín Pacák, Zdeněk Vencl, Václav Chalupa, Josef Oplt, Radek Balaš, Sylva Tománková, Václav Jakoubek, Zuzana Michnová, Petr Jarchovský, Ivan Hlas, Jan Kalousek, Leona Machálková, Lída Nopová, Anna Geislerová, Jan Potměšil, Jiří Škorpík, Jan Semotán, Josef Prouza

Director: Jan Hřebejk

Screenwriter: Jan Hřebejk, Petr Jarchovský, Petr Šabach

Film Editor: Jan Mattlach

Director of Photography: Jan Malíř

Composer: Ivan Hlas

Costume designer: Katarína Hollá

Production Designer: Zbyněk Hloch

Sound Designer: Ivo Špalj

Keywords: musical

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