Aug 29, 1975
136 min
Full-HD

A Star Is Falling Upwards (1975)

Švand, a room painter from Strakonice, begins a dizzying career as a pop music star, but he soon discovers that fame is not the most important thing in life or what he is looking for and what he longs for in life.

Category

Music

Country

Czechoslovakia

Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Karel Gott

Švanda

Jitka Molavcová

Dorotka

Josef Somr

Vocílka

Jiří Sovák

Kalenda

Vladimír Ráž

Zuzana Kocúriková

Hana Lelitová

Libuše Švormová

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