''The Young Man and Moby Dick'' ( cs, Mladý muž a bílá velryba) is a 1979 Czechoslovakian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Jaromil Jireš Jaromil Jireš (10 December 1935 – 24 October 2001) was a director associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement. His 1963 film '' The Cry'' was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. It is often described as the first film of the Cze ...

. It was entered into the

11th Moscow International Film Festival The 11th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 14 to 28 August 1979. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian-French film '' Christ Stopped at Eboli'' directed by Francesco Rosi, the Spanish film '' Siete días de enero'' directed ...

Cast

Ivan Vyskočil Ivan Vyskočil (born 21 May 1946 in Prague) is a Czech actor. He starred in the film '' Poslední propadne peklu'' under director Ludvík Ráža in 1982. Selected filmography * ''The Tailor from Ulm'' (1978) * ''The Young Man and Moby Dick ''T ...

as Bretislav Laboutka *

Eduard Cupák Eduard Model Accessories is a Czech manufacturer of plastic models and finescale model accessories. Formed in 1989 in the city of Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetched brass model components. Following the succ ...

as Viktor Panc *

Jana Brejchová Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman and later actor Vlastimil Brodský. Her younger sister Hana is also an actress who has ...

as Edita Beningerová *

Zlata Adamovská Zlata Adamovská (born March 9, 1959) is a Czech actress. Born in Prague, she has starred in a number of films and TV series including ''Sanitka'' and '' Noc smaragdového měsíce'', which was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festi ...

as Nada *

Jana Andresíková Jana Andresíková (2 April 1941 – 19 October 2020) was a Czech actress. Biography Andresíková was born in Kroměříž, and studied acting at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. After graduating in 1964, she went t ...

as Worker *

Zdeněk Blažek Zdeněk is a Czech given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onomast ...

as Ferryman Gauss *

Bohuslav Čáp Bohuslav ( uk, Богуслав, yi, באָסלעוו or ''Boslov'') is a city on the Ros River in Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population: . It hosts the administration of Bohuslav urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Uk ...

as Worker *

Karel Heřmánek Karel Heřmánek (born 17 October 1947, in Prague) is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1976 and 2008, including the role of Lucifer in 1984's ''S čerty nejsou žerty ''Give the Devil His Due'' () is a 1985 Czech fai ...

as Udo Vízner

References

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* 1979 films 1979 drama films 1970s Czech-language films Films directed by Jaromil Jireš Czechoslovak drama films 1970s Czech films {{1970s-drama-film-stub