Big Beat (2026)

Name: Big Beat
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1993-12-09
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Jakub Špalek, Martin Dejdar, Josef Abrhám, Sylva Tománková, Jan Semotán

Genre: Comedy · Music
Country: Czechia
Runtime: 94 min
Rated: U
Released: 1993-12-09
TMDB rating: 5.6 / 10 (11)

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
Writer: Petr Jarchovský, Jonáš Hřebejk, Ivan Hlas
Music: Ivan Hlas