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.
Bohumil Starnovský
as Karel Patera
Marek Vašut
as Vilda Staněk
Andrea Švehelková
as Irena
Ondřej Vetchý
as Jirka Krob
Ľubica Mruškovičová
as Vlasta
Bronislav Ohrablo
as Fero Janečka
Daniel Žák
as Tonda Urban
Jiří Štěpnička
as Václav Tomšovský
Oldřich Slavík
as Liška
Helga Čočková
as Urbanová
Josef Větrovec
as Lála
Jaroslav Tomsa
as Pour
