Stupně poražených (1988)
Overview
The top sport was also closely monitored in the communist era, and officials were naturally bothered that the pentathlon team failed to win the World Championships. But the measures that should have ensured redress were caught up in a web of behind-the-scenes machinations that backfired on the athletes themselves, their endurance and their family backgrounds. While the film has critical ambitions and wants to reveal much of what should have remained hidden from the public eye, it is a rather clumsy and schematic view, not very convincing in terms of realisation.
Cast
Marek Vašut
Vilda Staněk
Ondřej Vetchý
Jirka Krob
Jiří Štěpnička
Václav Tomšovský
Helga Čočková
Urbanová
Josef Větrovec
Lála
Jan Hartl
Martin Rovný
Karel Greif
Saša Balvín
Yvetta Blanarovičová
Janečková
Dana Bartůňková
Marta HornofováRecommendations
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