
The film tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who joins a textile factory in the late 1950s and assumes that a promising career awaits him - the protagonist is therefore constantly comparing himself to his favourite literary model, the equally ambitious Julian Sorel from Stendhal's fresco The Red and the Black. The result, however, lacks the necessary conviction, the ability to draw the viewer into his world, and remains too contrived, as the chosen period has become a mere non-committal backdrop for amorous games.
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Cast

Jiří Pomeje
Ing. Marek Paar

Dagmar Bláhová
Ing. Zina Zachová

Jiří Bartoška
Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec

Pavel Pípal
Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec
Luděk Randár
provozní chemik Zdeněk Trmal

Nela Boudová
laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena

Taťjana Medvecká
asistentka Vilma

Josef Bek
ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar

Petr Čepek
Artl, slepý krajský inspektor

Jiřina Jirásková
Artlova žena

Monika Žáková
knihovnice Stázi

Bronislav Poloczek
Mirek Ryvola
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