Big Beat

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jan Hřebejk

Writers

Petr Šabach, Petr Jarchovský, Ivan Hlas

Language

Czech

Country

Czech Republic

Release date

9 December 1993

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Jakub Špalek

  Eda Drábek

• 

  Martin Dejdar

  Bejby

• 

  Josef Abrhám

  Prokop

• Sylva Tománková

  Bejbina

• 

  Jan Semotán

  Kšanda

• 

  Jitka Asterová

  Milada

• 

  Jiří Ornest

  Přemek

• Jan Kačani

  Reddy

• Pavel Janoušek

  Neumann

• 

  Saša Rašilov

  Peterka

• 

  Zdeněk Vencl

  Babka

• 

  Václav Chalupa

  Hamáček