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The Young Man and Moby Dick

Dir. Jaromil Jireš·1979·1h 29m

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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The Young Man and Moby Dick (1979)

Jaromil Jireš

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1h 29m
Cross-source blend ~43/100

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Countries

Czechoslovakia

Ratings

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4.3/10

4 votes

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43/100 blend

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Cooler blended reception — weighted ~43/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

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

Karel Heřmánek

Udo Vízner

Vítězslav Jandák

Ládin

Bohuslav Čáp

Jana Andresíková

Delnice

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