Why? (1987)

  • NR
  • 10/01/1987 (XC)
  • Drama
  • 1h 26m

Overview

Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the fans of football club Sparta from Prague, whose supporters were the pioneers of the football fan riots in Czechoslovakia, starting with hooligan actions already in the 1960s, like breaking the trains in which they travelled when they went on Sparta's away games. The film deals with one of such episodes

Karel Smyczek

Director, Screenplay

Radek John

Story, Screenplay

Cast

Jiří Langmajer's headshot

Jiří Langmajer

Jirka
Martin Sobotka's headshot

Martin Sobotka

Michal
Pavel Zvarič's headshot

Pavel Zvarič

Pavlína Mourková's headshot

Pavlína Mourková

Marie
Jan Potměšil's headshot

Jan Potměšil

Milan
Daniel Heyna Větrovský's headshot

Daniel Heyna Větrovský

Daniel Landa's headshot

Daniel Landa

Pavel
Markéta Zmožková's headshot

Markéta Zmožková

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