Big Beat (1993)

Original title

Šakalí léta

Directed by

Jan Hřebejk

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

Czech Republic

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

U

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1959 Prague, a group of teenagers at the Hotel International discover rock and roll, which shakes up their lives and the conservative hotel staff. The film follows their adventures as they embrace the new music and rebel against the establishment.

nostalgicplayfulenergeticlightheartedsunnymusicalcomedicperiod

What happens

Big Beat (Czech: Šakalí léta) 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 (Josef Abrhám) and Best Original Score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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