''Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea'' ( cs, Zítra vstanu a opařím se čajem) is a 1977 Czechoslovak comical science fiction film directed by

Jindřich Polák Jindřich Polák (5 May 1925 – 22 August 2003) was a Czech film and television director. He is known for his science fiction productions, but worked in many different genres. Filmography Television series References External links * ...

. It is a screen adaptation of Josef Nesvadba's short story with the same title.''Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea''
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Plot

In the near future, a technology enabling

time travel Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a ...

has been developed and is now in commercial use. A group of unaging (thanks to anti-aging pills, which have also been developed) former

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conspires to alter the results of the

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by traveling back in time and supplying

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with a hydrogen bomb. To this end, they bribe the corrupt time machine pilot Karel, who agrees to assist them. On the day of the scheduled journey, Karel chokes on a

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and dies. His identical twin brother, Jan, cannot bring himself to tell Karel's fiancée Eva and begins to impersonate Karel. He is also later mistaken for Karel by the Nazis and stumbles along with their plot. Having been a designer of the rocket-ship time machine, he is able to pilot the ship and take them all back in time. When he realizes the nature of the Nazis' plans, Jan resolves to prevent their success. After triggering several paradoxes by travelling back and forth in time, he manages to defeat the Nazis and resolve the consequences of his twin's death.

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* {{IMDb title, 0213322 1977 films Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler 1970s science fiction comedy films Czechoslovak science fiction comedy films Films directed by Jindřich Polák Films about time travel Czech science fiction comedy films 1977 comedy films