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.

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Cast

Jiří Pomeje

Ing. Marek Paar

Dagmar Bláhová

Ing. Zina Zachová

Jiří Bartoška

Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec

Pavel Pípal

Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec

Nela Boudová

laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena

Taťjana Medvecká

asistentka Vilma

Josef Bek

ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar

Petr Čepek

Artl, slepý krajský inspektor

Jiřina Jirásková

Artlova žena

Monika Žáková

knihovnice Stázi

Bronislav Poloczek

Mirek Ryvola

Petr Meissel

vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák