Forbidden Dreams

Forbidden Dreams
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Directed by	Karel Kachyňa
Written by	Ota Pavel Karel Kachyňa Dušan Hamšík
Based on	Forbidden Dreams by Ota Pavel
Produced by	Oldřich Mach
Starring	Karel Heřmánek Marta Vančurová Rudolf Hrušínský
Cinematography	Vladimír Smutný
Edited by	Jiří Brožek
Music by	Luboš Fišer
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Release date	July 1987 (1987-07)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Forbidden Dreams (Czech: Smrt krásných srnců, translated as Death of Beautiful Roebucks) is a 1986 Czech drama film directed by Karel Kachyňa. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1] The film was selected as the Czechoslovak entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

• Karel Heřmánek as Leo Popper, father
• Marta Vančurová as Herma Popperová, mother
• Rudolf Hrušínský as Karel Prošek
• Jiří Krampol as Jenda Hejtmánek, boxer
• Lubor Tokoš as Nejezchleb, academic painter
• Dana Vlková as Irma Korálková
• Ladislav Potměšil as Korálek, Irma's husband and company director
• Oldřich Vlach as Studený, factory owner
• Zuzana Geislerová as Anička Studená, factory owner's wife
• Ladislav Trojan as Inspector
• Jan Přeučil as Inspector
• Marek Valter as Prdelka, Poppers' son (credited as Marek Walter)
• Jiří Strach as Jirka, Poppers' son
• Jan Jirásek as Hugo, Poppers' son
• Stanislav Zindulka as Josef Vejvoda, seller
• Zdeněk Dítě as Mayor
• Alois Švehlík as Spy
• Bronislav Poloczek as Franc, butcher
• Jana Synková as Gutová, secretary
• Milan Riehs as Jan Jakubíček, Doctor of Law
• Ivan Vyskočil as Gestapo officer

• List of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Czechoslovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

• Smrt krásných srnců at IMDb