Summary
Zbyněk Brynych was one of the conformist directors of “normalisation” cinema. His factory romance Jakou barvu má láska (What Is the Colour of Love?, 1973) was followed by this drama of an honest, diehard communist who ends up in prison. Forty-five year-old Petr serves a 16-month sentence for driving under the influence and injuring a passerby, but manages to maintain his ideals even among the hardened criminals who mock his communist beliefs. After he helps one of the young inmates to find his true calling, they both return to normal life. The film, created in collaboration with pro-regime author and screenwriter Ivan Gariš, stars the seasoned Svatopluk Matyáš. Jiří Lábus appears as the young Tomáš, in one of his first film roles.
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