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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.
Cast

Petr Hanus
Ing. Hruška

Eva Tauchenová
Volrábova žena

Rudolf Kubík
Jarda

Dagmar Bláhová
Ing. Zina Zachová

Václav Knop
Hakl

Nela Boudová
laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena

Jiřina Jirásková
Artlova žena

Jana Andresíková
Irma, dáma z ministerstva

Bronislav Poloczek
Mirek Ryvola

Petr Meissel
vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák

Hanuš Bor
Budík

Miriam Chytilová
telefonistka

Jiří Pomeje
Ing. Marek Paar

Pavel Pípal
Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec

Petr Čepek
Artl, slepý krajský inspektor

Jana Šulcová
Dita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena

Klára Pollertová
telefonistka Dáša

Martina Adamcová

Jiří Bartoška
Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec

Taťjana Medvecká
asistentka Vilma

Josef Bek
ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar

Monika Žáková
knihovnice Stázi

Vladimír Krška
Ignác Strejcovský, ředitel závodu v Hurtově

Oldřich Vízner
ekonomický náměstek Just

Jiří Hálek
Hora

Jiří Bábek
Šeps