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An idealistic young man named Mirek starts working at a new company. Soon, however, he is confronted with the harsh reality of czechoslovak workplaces in the totalitarian era – instead of enthusiastic workers he sees laziness, political protection and opportunism. He is tasked with a project that was previously worked on by another employee – an engineer who'd been ratted out and imprisoned and has been working as a mere stoker in the company’s basement ever since. Conflict emerges between Mirek and the incompetent management and further escalates into an all-employee uprising. Director Tomáš Vorel’s political satire in the form of a musical comedy is a crucial part of early independent Czech cinema.
An idealistic young man named Mirek starts working at a new company. Soon, however, he is confronted with the harsh reality of czechoslovak workplaces in the totalitarian era – instead of enthusiastic workers he sees laziness, political protection and opportunism. He is tasked with a project that was previously worked on by another employee – an engineer who'd been ratted out and imprisoned and has been working as a mere stoker in the company’s basement ever since. Conflict emerges between Mirek and the incompetent management and further escalates into an all-employee uprising. Director Tomáš Vorel’s political satire in the form of a musical comedy is a crucial part of early independent Czech cinema.