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Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a political satire and it's mostly funny, it shows the reality and the absurdity of military service under the communist regime. Based on a novel by Miloslav Svandrlik.Read moreLess
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a political satire and it's mostly funny, it shows the reality and the absurdity of military service under the communist regime. Based on a novel by Miloslav Svandrlik.
The story
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a political satire and it's mostly funny, it shows the reality and the absurdity of military service under the communist regime. Based on a novel by Miloslav Svandrlik.
Cast & crew
Pavel Landovskýmaj. Haluška
Ondřej Vetchývoj. Kefalín
Jiří Schmitzerpor. Hamáček
Miroslav Donutilpor. Troník
Bronislav Poloczekkpt. Ořech
Vladimír Javorskývoj. Jasánek
Josef Dvořáknadporučík Mazurek
Alois Švehlíkkpt. Honec
Rudolf Hrušínskýkpt. MUDr. Hořec
Václav Postráneckýgenerál
Daniel Landades. Halík
Milan Šimáčekvoj. VataExplore the crew
- Director
- Zdenek Sirový
- Screenplay
- Miloslav Švandrlík
- Screenplay
- Zdenek Sirový
- Director of Photography
- Jiří Macháně
- Editor
- Ivana Kačírková
- Original Music Composer
- Luboš Fišer
- Producer
- Jaroslav Bouček