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Big Beat 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 and Best Original Score.
Original Release
12/09/1993
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jakub Spalek | Eda Drábek |
Martin Dejdar | Bejby |
Josef Abrham | Prokop |
Sylva Tománková | Bejbina |
Jirí Ornest | Premek / Přemek |
Jan Semotán | Ksanda / Kšanda |
Jan Kacani | Reddy |
Pavel Janousek | Neumann |
Josef Oplt | Singer |
Sasa Rasilov | Peterka |
Directors
Writers
Jan Hrebejk, Petr Jarchovský, Petr Šabach
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jakub Spalek | Eda Drábek |
Martin Dejdar | Bejby |
Josef Abrham | Prokop |
Sylva Tománková | Bejbina |
Jirí Ornest | Premek / Přemek |
Jan Semotán | Ksanda / Kšanda |
Jan Kacani | Reddy |
Pavel Janousek | Neumann |
Josef Oplt | Singer |
Sasa Rasilov | Peterka |
Václav Chalupa | Hamácek |
Zdeněk Vencl | Babka |
Raoul Schránil | vrchní Kaláb |
Václav Jakoubek | Petykoluna |
Radek Holub | Séf cizi party |
Jitka Asterová | Milada |
Petr Bratka | Marina |
Eva Cerná | |
Jan Chak | |
L.A. Davidson |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jirí Jezek | Producer |
Pavel Šolc | Producer |