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The Young Man and Moby Dick

Jul 13, 1979 · 1h 29m
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Drama

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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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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
Directed by Jaromil Jireš

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Status
Released
Original language
CS
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Country
XC

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