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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Jiří Pomeje as Ing. Marek Paar
Dagmar Bláhová as Ing. Zina Zachová
Jiří Bartoška as Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec
Pavel Pípal as Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec
Luděk Randár as provozní chemik Zdeněk Trmal
Nela Boudová as laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena
Taťjana Medvecká as asistentka Vilma
Josef Bek as ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar
Petr Čepek as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
Jiřina Jirásková as Artlova žena
Monika Žáková as knihovnice Stázi
Bronislav Poloczek as Mirek Ryvola
Petr Meissel as vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák
Andrea Bogušovská as maturantka Janička, Oskarova dívka
Jana Andresíková as Irma, dáma z ministerstva
Jana Šulcová as Dita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena
Lenka Jandová as Ditunka, Arnoštova dcera
Vladimír Krška as Ignác Strejcovský, ředitel závodu v Hurtově
Jiří Samek as Kaška, ředitel závodu v Hrušovanech
Oldřich Vízner as ekonomický náměstek Just
Václav Knop as Hakl
Petr Hanus as Ing. Hruška
Jiří Hálek as Hora
Vojtěch Ron as Volráb, hostinský v Hrušově
Eva Tauchenová as Volrábova žena
Klára Pollertová as telefonistka Dáša
Jana Šedová as Babka
Josef Vajnar as Kolínský
Hanuš Bor as Budík
Rudolf Kubík as Jarda
Igor Smržík as muž u inspekce
Jiří Bábek as Šeps
Miriam Chytilová as telefonistka
Ondřej Útrata as
Josef Bulík as
Markéta Valentová as
Vladimír Drha as
Martina Adamcová as
Jiří Patočka as
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