The film tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who joins a textile factory in the late 1950s and assumes that a promising career awaits him - the protagonist is therefore constantly comparing himself to his favourite literary model, the equally ambitious Julian Sorel from Stendhal's fresco The Red and the Black. The result, however, lacks the necessary conviction, the ability to draw the viewer into his world, and remains too contrived, as the chosen period has become a mere non-committal backdrop for amorous games.
Jiří Pomeje
as Ing. Marek Paar
Dagmar Bláhová
as Ing. Zina Zachová
Jiří Bartoška
as Dr. Arnošt Tittelbach, Zinin milenec
Pavel Pípal
as Bohdan Bukvaj, Zinin bývalý milenec
Luděk Randár
as provozní chemik Zdeněk Trmal
Nela Boudová
as laborantka Zdeňka, Trmalova žena
Taťjana Medvecká
as asistentka Vilma
Josef Bek
as ředitel Primatexu Tomáš Salivar
Petr Čepek
as Artl, slepý krajský inspektor
Jiřina Jirásková
as Artlova žena
Monika Žáková
as knihovnice Stázi
Bronislav Poloczek
as Mirek Ryvola
