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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

Miriam Chytilová
telefonistka

Nela Boudová
laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena

Jana Šulcová
Dita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena

Eva Tauchenová
Volrábova žena

Jiří Bartoška
Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec

Bronislav Poloczek
Mirek Ryvola

Petr Meissel
vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák

Václav Knop
Hakl

Petr Hanus
Ing. Hruška

Klára Pollertová
telefonistka Dáša

Martina Adamcová

Jiří Pomeje
Ing. Marek Paar

Taťjana Medvecká
asistentka Vilma

Vladimír Krška
Ignác Strejcovský, ředitel závodu v Hurtově

Jiří Hálek
Hora

Jiřina Jirásková
Artlova žena

Jana Andresíková
Irma, dáma z ministerstva

Oldřich Vízner
ekonomický náměstek Just

Hanuš Bor
Budík

Petr Čepek
Artl, slepý krajský inspektor

Rudolf Kubík
Jarda

Dagmar Bláhová
Ing. Zina Zachová

Pavel Pípal
Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec

Josef Bek
ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar

Jiří Bábek
Šeps

Monika Žáková
knihovnice Stázi