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Big Beat

Where:

🇨🇿 Czechia

When:

The 1950s

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.

Released in 1993 — 110 minutes

Genres:

Comedy Music

Language:

Czech