The film tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who joins a textile factory in the late 1950s and assumes that a promising career awaits him - the protagonist is therefore constantly comparing himself to his favourite literary model, the equally ambitious Julian Sorel from Stendhal's fresco The Red and the Black. The result, however, lacks the necessary conviction, the ability to draw the viewer into his world, and remains too contrived, as the chosen period has become a mere non-committal backdrop for amorous games.
as Ing. Marek Paar
as Ing. Zina Zachová
as Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec
as Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec
as provozní chemik Zdeněk Trmal
as laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena
as asistentka Vilma
as ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar
as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
as Artlova žena
as knihovnice Stázi
as Mirek Ryvola
as vodohospodář Oskar, Markův bývalý spolužák
as maturantka Janička, Oskarova dívka
as Irma, dáma z ministerstva
as Dita Tittelbachová, Arnoštova žena
as Ditunka, Arnoštova dcera
as Ignác Strejcovský, ředitel závodu v Hurtově
as Kaška, ředitel závodu v Hrušovanech
as ekonomický náměstek Just
as Hakl
as Ing. Hruška
as Hora
as Volráb, hostinský v Hrušově
as Volrábova žena
as telefonistka Dáša
as Babka
as Kolínský
as Budík
as Jarda
as muž u inspekce
as Šeps
as telefonistka
