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Forbidden Dreams(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-09-01
74%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
Overview:
Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman. There he embarks on a series of adulterous adventures, has encounters with boxing pros and famous portrait artists, and schemes to purchase the perfect pond to fulfill his passion for fishing. When the Nazis gain control, the comedy turns sour - he loses his lake, his job, and finally, his family.
Languages: Czech.
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Forbidden Dreams
Top 10 Billed Cast
Karel Heřmánek
Father
Marta Vančurová
matka
Rudolf Hrušínský
Prošek
Jiří Krampol
Hejtmánek
Lubor Tokoš
malíř Nejezchleb
Dana Vlková
Irma Korálková
Ladislav Potměšil
ředitel Korálek
Oldřich Vlach
Zuzana Geislerová
Ladislav Trojan
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Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman. There he embarks on a series of adulterous adventures, has encounters with boxing pros and famous portrait artists, and schemes to purchase the perfect pond to fulfill his passion for fishing. When the Nazis gain control, the comedy turns sour - he loses his lake, his job, and finally, his family.
Release Date
1987-09-01
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