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Forbidden Dreams (1987)

Forbidden Dreams (1987)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1987, September 1
Directors: Karel Kachyňa
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Karel Heřmánek, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jiří Krampol, Luděk Munzar, Ladislav Potměšil, Marta Vančurová, Lubor Tokoš, Radek Pobořil, Dana Vlková, Pavel Střítezský, Karel Vejvoda

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book world war ii jewish family nazi occupation autobiographical czechoslovakia