A New Boy Started Today
1981-04-09 · 94 min · ★ 4.8
In his feature debut, Dneska přišel nový kluk (A New Boy Started Today) from 1981, the director Vladimír Drha set the tone for a number of Czech films, which critically depicted the state of society from the perspective of young protagonists. Although, Drha primarily found scope for his work in television, he returned to the world of a “working youth” in his second film Mezek (The Mulish Victor, 1985) – albeit following him from the point of view of an educator. NFA.CZ
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- Vladimír Drha
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- Filmové studio Gottwaldov
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
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- Released
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Marek Brodský
František Řehák
Stanislav Zindulka
Pavel Pípal
Darina Abrahámová
Jiří Hromada
Hana Zaoralová
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