Summary
Ivan Novák’s comedy presents the soldier’s life at the onset of the 1970s as a useful and even cheerful occupation. Five friends, whose task is to secure the safe passage of a military column through nocturnal Prague, gain an evening’s leave from their good-hearted commander Velich (Jaromír Hanzlík). However, their plans bump up against harsh reality: Milan (Petr Oliva) finds only his younger sister (Jaroslava Schallerová) at his parent’s house, Jindra (Jaroslav Potměšil) has to cope with his girlfriend’s infidelity and Ján (Oldřich Vízner) is arrested by the military police as he’s not brought along his certificate of leave. As a bon vivant, Rosůlka (Jiří Krampol) fails to demonstrate his seductive skills during the course of the evening, while dutiful Velich meets the lovely mother of little Mirek… This escapist feature – not at all well remembered – is based on a novel by Karel Štorkán, who also contributed to the screenplay.
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