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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

Jiří Hálek
Hora

Petr Čepek
Artl, slepý krajský inspektor

Jana Šulcová
Dita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena

Václav Knop
Hakl

Eva Tauchenová
Volrábova žena

Pavel Pípal
Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec

Josef Bek
ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar

Jana Andresíková
Irma, dáma z ministerstva

Rudolf Kubík
Jarda

Petr Meissel
vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák

Jiří Bábek
Šeps

Martina Adamcová

Taťjana Medvecká
asistentka Vilma

Klára Pollertová
telefonistka Dáša

Dagmar Bláhová
Ing. Zina Zachová

Nela Boudová
laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena

Monika Žáková
knihovnice Stázi

Oldřich Vízner
ekonomický náměstek Just

Hanuš Bor
Budík

Jiří Bartoška
Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec

Jiřina Jirásková
Artlova žena

Bronislav Poloczek
Mirek Ryvola

Petr Hanus
Ing. Hruška

Miriam Chytilová
telefonistka

Jiří Pomeje
Ing. Marek Paar