''Černí baroni'' is a

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comedy film released in 1992. The movie is directed by Zdenek Sirový and stars Václav Vydra, Jan Kraus, Miroslav Donutil,

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, and Ondřej Vetchý. It is based on the 1969 novel '' Černí baroni'' by Miloslav Švandrlík.

Synopsis

The film presents "Pétepáky"—members of the

Technical auxiliary battalion Technical auxiliary battalions (, ) or forced labor military camps () were units of the Czechoslovak People's Army active from 1950 to 1954 in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia for the internment and re-education of persons conside ...

—an army battalion formed by people known as class enemies of

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in the 1950s. The group includes intellectuals, people of bourgeois origins, peasants, religious adherents, etc. This group is offset by their commanders, who are uneducated but politically active. From the clashes between the two groups, absurd situations arise, parodying the conditions of the period in Czechoslovak history.

Cast

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* 1992 films Czechoslovak comedy films 1992 comedy films Films set in the 1950s Czech comedy films Films scored by Luboš Fišer {{1990s-CzechRepublic-film-stub