Prague in the early 1950’s. Bourgeois elements are being re-educated by working in a scrapyard full of the detritus of industrial society. The volunteer workers comprise a professor of literature, a public prosecutor, a dairyman, a saxophonist, a barber, and a young cook. Also working in the yard are a number of female prisoners serving a year for trying to defect… A camera crew arrives with potted plants and other props. An idyllic scene is created; the prisoners star briefly in a pro-North Korean newsreel before going back to work… The volunteers are striking because the scrapyard work quotas have risen without consultation. A union rep arrives to persuade them otherwise… The guard for the female prisoners gets married but the gypsy musicians make a mess at his reception. The cook flirts with one of the pretty prisoners and finally proposes… |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.6/10 | |
Released: | February 1, 1990 | |
Runtime: | 94 min | |
Genres: | Drama Romance Comedy | |
Companies: | Filmové studio Barrandov | |
Cast: | Vlastimil Brodský Rudolf Hrusínský Václav Neckár Jitka Zelenohorská | |
Crew: | Jirí Menzel Bohumil Hrabal | |
Noamen : The end credit music always catches me off guard...if it isn't the theme from The Mandalor...