Big Beat

Jan Hřebejk
1993-12-09


5.5
110 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Jakub Špalek Eda Drábek Unowned
Martin Dejdar Bejby Unowned
Josef Abrhám Prokop Unowned
Sylva Tománková Bejbina Unowned
Jan Semotán Kšanda Unowned
Jitka Asterová Milada Unowned
Jiří Ornest Přemek Unowned
Jan Kačani Reddy Unowned
Pavel Janoušek Neumann Unowned
Saša Rašilov Peterka Unowned
Zdeněk Vencl Babka Unowned
Václav Chalupa Hamáček Unowned
Václav Jakoubek Petykoluna Unowned
Josef Oplt Singer Unowned
Václav Koubek Eda's Brother Unowned
Radek Holub Other Pack Leader Unowned
Radek Smejkal Other Pack Leader's Adjutant Unowned
Anna Kreuzmannová Aunt Juřičková Unowned
Raoul Schránil Kaláb Unowned
Petr Braťka Marína Unowned
Dominik Prouza Carda Unowned
Jan Halas Peterka Sr. Unowned
Zuzana Michnová Peterková Unowned
Petra Špalková Unowned
Linda Rybová Unowned
Ivan Hlas Eda Drábek (singing voice) Unowned
Jan Kalousek Bejby (singing voice) Unowned
Anna Geislerová Bejbina (voice) Unowned
Kateřina Buriánková Bejbina (singing voice) Unowned
Leona Machálková Milada (singing voice) Unowned
Josef Pilař Reddy (singing voice) Unowned
Jan Potměšil Neumann (voice) Unowned
Milan Dědek Other Pack Leader (singing voice) Unowned