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Who Looks for Gold? (1974)

Who Looks for Gold? poster
Original title
Kdo hledá zlaté dno
Directed by
Jiří Menzel
Genre
drama film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns from military service and takes a job building a dam. The film follows his daily life and relationships at the construction site.

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What happens

Who Looks for Gold? (Czech: Kdo hledá zlaté dno) is a 1974 Czechoslovak film drama directed by Jiří Menzel. Filmed during the construction of the Dalešice Dam, it is one of Menzel's least well-regarded works. It concerns a young man (Jan Hrušínský) who works on the construction of a dam after his return from military service. The film was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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