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.
Length 99 minutes
Ondřej Vetchý | Pavel Landovský | Bronislav Poloczek | Alois Švehlík | Jiří Schmitzer | Miroslav Donutil | Josef Dvořák | Rudolf Hrušínský ml. | Václav Postránecký | Daniel Landa | Vladimír Javorský | Milan Šimáček | Boris Rösner | Zdeněk Podhůrský | Michal Dosedla | Jan Kraus | Jaromír Dulava | Václav Vydra | Milan Gunár | Jiří Fero Burda | Michal Dlouhý | Miroslav Táborský | Milan Sandhaus | Štěpánka Lisá | Hana Čížková | Josef Somr | Jiří Bruder | Jan Vlasák | Ludvik Poznik | Gabriela Wilhelmová | Alice Chrtková | Zuzana Stivínová | V. Šorm