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

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directed by Jindřich Polák. It is a screen adaptation of

Josef Nesvadba Josef Nesvadba (19 June 1926 – 26 April 2005) was a Czech writer, best known in the English-speaking world for his science fiction short stories, many of which have appeared in English translation. Biography Josef Nesvadba was born in Prague, ...

's short story with the same title.''Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea''
on FDB.cz

Plot

In the near future, a technology enabling time travel has been developed and is now in commercial use. A group of unaging (thanks to anti-aging pills, which have also been developed) former

Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...

conspires to alter the results of the Second World War by traveling back in time and supplying Adolf Hitler with a

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. 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 croissant 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