The Young Man and Moby Dick (1979)
Overview
Good-looking Edita Beningerová (Jana Brejchová) arrives at a chemical factory in the North Bohemian town of Ústí nad Labem together with her young assistant Nada (Zlata Adamovská). She is hoping that her ex-husband, outstanding practical chemical engineer Vik Panc (Eduard Cupák), will help her conduct an experiment to validate her proposed theoretical method of isolating cholesterol from lanolin. The success of Edita's invention is crucial for her career at the Prague Institute of Chemistry. Vik's roommate from his hostel Bréta (Ivan Vyskocil) is thrilled. He will finally meet the mysterious and fascinating Edita about whom he has learned so much from Vik.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 0.92 |
Directed By
Jaromil Jireš
Crew
Emil Sirotek
Jaromil Jireš
Miroslav Hladký
Miloš Kohout
Svatava Sophová
Zdena Šnajdarová
Zdeněk Dufek
Adriena Váchová
Rudolf Kinský
Milan Kopecký
Oldřich Bosák
Zdeněk Jeřábek
Viktor Gajdoš
Michal Vostřez
Michal Kulič
Mária Rudlovčáková
A. Pavlíková
Ladislav Beneš
Valerie Černá
Otta Pšenička
Ladislav Štaidl
Eliška Nejedlá
Antonín Kravka
Milivoj Uzelac
Eva Vrbovcová
František Příhoda
Jana Šimonová
Růžena Hejsková
Jana Koubová
Jan Kuděla
Josef Valušiak
Ladislav Štaidl
Bohumil Nový
Miroslav Stibr
Dagmar Jonášová
Barbora Brožková
Jaromil Jireš
Vladimír Páral
TOP CAST
Eduard Cupák
Viktor Panc
Ivan Vyskočil
Bretislav Laboutka
Jana Brejchová
Edita Beningerová
Zlata Adamovská
Nada
Zdeněk Blažek
prevozník Gauss
Naďa Konvalinková
Miluska
Soběslav Sejk
reditel Bartík
Alois Švehlík
Líbal
Karel Heřmánek
Udo Vízner
Vítězslav Jandák
Ládin
Jana Andresíková
Delnice
Lenka Termerová
Tehotná delnice
Jan Kanyza
Ládin (voice)
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