
Big Beat
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.
- Year: 1993
- Country: Czech Republic
- Genre: Comedy, Music
- Studio: ČNTS – TV Nova, Space Films
- Keyword: rock 'n' roll, musical, based on short story, 1950s
- Director: Jan Hřebejk
- Cast: Jakub Špalek, Martin Dejdar, Josef Abrhám, Sylva Tománková, Jan Semotán, Jitka Asterová