Jiří Pomeje
as Ing. Marek Paar
Director: Vladimír Drha
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.
Jiří Pomeje
as Ing. Marek Paar
Dagmar Bláhová
as Ing. Zina Zachová
Jiří Bartoška
as Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec
Pavel Pípal
as Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec
Luděk Randár
as provozní chemik Zdeněk Trmal
Nela Boudová
as laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena
Taťjana Medvecká
as asistentka Vilma
Josef Bek
as ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar
Petr Čepek
as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
Jiřina Jirásková
as Artlova žena
Monika Žáková
as knihovnice Stázi
Bronislav Poloczek
as Mirek Ryvola
Petr Meissel
as vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák
Andrea Bogušovská
as maturantka Janička, Oskarova dívka
Jana Andresíková
as Irma, dáma z ministerstva
Jana Šulcová
as Dita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena
Lenka Jandová
as Ditunka, Arnoštova dcera
Vladimír Krška
as Ignác Strejcovský, ředitel závodu v Hurtově
Jiří Samek
as Kaška, ředitel závodu v Hrušovanech
Oldřich Vízner
as ekonomický náměstek Just
Václav Knop
as Hakl
Petr Hanus
as Ing. Hruška
Jiří Hálek
as Hora
Vojtěch Ron
as Volráb, hostinský v Hrušově
Eva Tauchenová
as Volrábova žena
Klára Pollertová
as telefonistka Dáša
Jana Šedová
as Babka
Josef Vajnar
as Kolínský
Hanuš Bor
as Budík
Rudolf Kubík
as Jarda
Igor Smržík
as muž u inspekce
Jiří Bábek
as Šeps
Miriam Chytilová
as telefonistka
Ondřej Útrata
Josef Bulík
Markéta Valentová
Vladimír Drha
Martina Adamcová
Jiří Patočka