The Young Man and Moby Dick

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 13, 1979

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Zdeněk Blažek,Eduard Cupák,Jiří Nebeský,Jiří Lír,Jan Kanyza,Jaroslav Radimecký,Josef Střecha,Soběslav Sejk,Jan Kotva,Karel Heřmánekand 14 more

Director

Jaromil Jireš

Writer

Vladimír Páral,Miroslav Hladký,Mária Rudlovčáková,Jaromil Jireš

Cinematography

Emil Sirotek

Music

Ladislav Štaidl

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0171535