Big Beat

1993 • 1h 50m • Comedy, Music

5.8(12 votes)

A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social climate. The action is driven by the character of a young man named Baby who causes a local rebellion by bringing rock'n'roll to a Communist neighborhood raised on swing.

Director

Jan Hřebejk

Writers

Petr Jarchovský

Status

Released