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The film is based on a legendary school film of Tomáš Vorel, called INg (1985). The storyline stays the same - a young engineer finds a new job and wants to work, this proves to be impossible in the last days of the communist era.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 74GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than most comedies, −11 min on the typical 100
typical 10089Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1991
February 1, 1991
35 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
and 3 more16 people
- Jan SlovákMiroslav Čáp
- Lucie ZedníčkováKotě
- Jaroslav DušekKarel Šmíd
- MŠMonika ŠeligováHelenka
- JFJan FuchsGlosner
- LMLadislav MyslivecKřížek
- Eva HolubováBěhalová
- ŠCŠimon CabanArnoštek
- JFJiří Fero BurdaBéďa
- MDMilan Dvořákředitel
- Petr ČtvrtníčekOndra
- ZVZdeněk VronskýMráz
- JTJana TučkováZdena
- ATAlena TesařováBěta
- Jindřich NarentaInvestigator
- MZMartin ZbrožekArnoštek (voice) (uncredited)
Directing · 5
- Tomáš Vorel Director, Story, Screenplay
- Vladimír Michálek Second Unit Director
- Roman Fara Second Assistant Director
- Eva Kadaňková First Assistant Director
- Jana Goetzová Script Supervisor
Writing · 3
- Lumír Tuček Story, Lyricist, Screenplay
- Jiří Blažek Creative Producer
- Jiří Ulrich Creative Producer
Production · 8
- Václav Marhoul Unit Manager
- Jaroslav Bouček Production Manager
- Jitka Hoferková Unit Manager
- Michal Přikryl Unit Manager
- Emil Sirotek Production Assistant
- Ondřej Nerud Production Assistant
Camera · 7
- Martin Duba Director of Photography
- Tomáš Hruška Assistant Camera
- Jiří Fraš Grip
- Eva Blažková Clapper Loader
- Vladislav Knapp Still Photographer
- Jan Smolík Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Jiří Brožek Editor
- Eva Horázná Assistant Editor
Sound · 8
- Michal Vích Original Music Composer
- Juraj Ďurovič Music Director
- John Iles Dolby Consultant
- Jiří Kříž Sound
- Jiří Zobač Music Director
- Tomáš Červenka Sound Assistant
Art · 10
- Michal Krška Production Design
- Miroslav Buberle Props
- Karel Vaňásek Property Master
- Aleš Najbrt Title Designer
- Milan Bábik Props
- Jiří David Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 7
- Simona Rybáková Costume Design
- Jaroslav Šámal Makeup & Hair
- Iveta Trmalová Lead Costumer
- Dagmar Pospíšilová Costumer
- Jana Dolejší Makeup Artist
- Pavla Hodačová Costumer
Visual Effects · 2
- Miroslav Šnábl Visual Effects
- Pavel Kryml Visual Effects
Lighting · 7
- Petr Wolman Electrician
- Ladislav Hrubý Electrician
- Jiří Novák Gaffer
- Karel Souček Electrician
- Martin Brych Electrician
- Ivana Lacinová Electrician
Other crew · 7
- Michal Caban Choreographer
- Jan Gogola Dramaturgy
- Sonja Kroupová Dramaturgy
- Jaroslav Tomsa Technical Advisor
- Lada Odstrčilová Associate Choreographer
- Martin Kulhánek Pyrotechnician
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