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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

Vladimír Krška
Ignác Strejcovský, ředitel závodu v Hurtově

Eva Tauchenová
Volrábova žena

Miriam Chytilová
telefonistka

Martina Adamcová

Jana Andresíková
Irma, dáma z ministerstva

Jiří Bartoška
Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec

Petr Čepek
Artl, slepý krajský inspektor

Petr Meissel
vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák

Jiří Hálek
Hora

Rudolf Kubík
Jarda

Dagmar Bláhová
Ing. Zina Zachová

Taťjana Medvecká
asistentka Vilma

Petr Hanus
Ing. Hruška

Pavel Pípal
Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec

Nela Boudová
laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena

Monika Žáková
knihovnice Stázi

Jana Šulcová
Dita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena

Václav Knop
Hakl

Hanuš Bor
Budík

Jiří Pomeje
Ing. Marek Paar

Jiřina Jirásková
Artlova žena

Bronislav Poloczek
Mirek Ryvola

Klára Pollertová
telefonistka Dáša

Jiří Bábek
Šeps

Josef Bek
ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar

Oldřich Vízner
ekonomický náměstek Just