The top sport was also closely monitored in the communist era, and officials were naturally bothered that the pentathlon team failed to win the World Championships. But the measures that should have ensured redress were caught up in a web of behind-the-scenes machinations that backfired on the athletes themselves, their endurance and their family backgrounds. While the film has critical ambitions and wants to reveal much of what should have remained hidden from the public eye, it is a rather clumsy and schematic view, not very convincing in terms of realisation.
Directed by Julius Matula
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Bohumil Starnovský
Karel Patera
Marek Vašut
Vilda Staněk
Andrea Švehelková
Irena
Ondřej Vetchý
Jirka Krob
Ľubica Mruškovičová
Vlasta
Bronislav Ohrablo
Fero Janečka
Daniel Žák
Tonda Urban
Jiří Štěpnička
Václav Tomšovský
Oldřich Slavík
Liška
Helga Čočková
Urbanová
Josef Větrovec
Lála
Jaroslav Tomsa
Pour
Jan Bártů
Olda Vondráček
Jan Hartl
Martin Rovný
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