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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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

01 October 1987

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Jiří Langmajer

Jiří Langmajer

Jirka

Martin Sobotka

Martin Sobotka

Michal

Pavel Zvarič

Pavel Zvarič

Pavlína Mourková

Pavlína Mourková

Marie

Jan Potměšil

Jan Potměšil

Milan

Daniel Heyna Větrovský

Daniel Heyna Větrovský

Daniel Landa

Daniel Landa

Pavel

Markéta Zmožková

Markéta Zmožková

Martin Dejdar

Martin Dejdar

Sury

Milka Zimková

Milka Zimková

Karel Pospíšil

Karel Pospíšil

Adolf Kohuth

Adolf Kohuth

Eva Lecchiová

Eva Lecchiová

Emma Černá

Emma Černá

Vladislava Macháčková

Vladislava Macháčková

Gabriela Wilhelmová

Gabriela Wilhelmová

Zdeněk Pecháček

Zdeněk Pecháček

Kateřina Šavlíková

Kateřina Šavlíková

David Schneider

David Schneider

Jan Vlasák

Jan Vlasák

Zdeněk Dušek

Zdeněk Dušek

Alena Štréblová

Alena Štréblová

Ladislav Jakim

Ladislav Jakim

Radek John

Radek John

Karel Smyczek

Karel Smyczek

Reporter

Jan Kraus

Jan Kraus

Football Fan

Ladislav Brothánek

Ladislav Brothánek

Milan Vágner

Milan Vágner

Antonín Jedlička

Antonín Jedlička

Man in a car

Josef Carda

Josef Carda

Roman Holý

Roman Holý

Tomáš Karger

Tomáš Karger

Marek Tomažič

Marek Tomažič

Christian Thuri

Christian Thuri

Leoš Suchařípa

Leoš Suchařípa

Eva Řepíková

Eva Řepíková

Miriam Kantorková

Miriam Kantorková

Igor Smržík

Igor Smržík

Petr Voříšek

Petr Voříšek

Michal Suchánek

Michal Suchánek

Drunken Football Fan

Markéta Kočvarová

Markéta Kočvarová

Michal Kaizr

Michal Kaizr

Daniel Malaniuk

Daniel Malaniuk

Miloš Bílý

Miloš Bílý

Miroslav Grác

Miroslav Grác

Gaston Šubert

Gaston Šubert

P. Martinec

P. Martinec

P. Hejný

P. Hejný

Kateřina Besserová

Kateřina Besserová

Jaroslava Keslová

Jaroslava Keslová

Stanislav Hájek

Stanislav Hájek

Radoslav Bartoník

Radoslav Bartoník

Bohumil Koška

Bohumil Koška

Václav Matějka

Václav Matějka

Miloslav Mejzlík

Miloslav Mejzlík

Zdeněk Mlčoch

Zdeněk Mlčoch

Vladimír Kudla

Vladimír Kudla

Igor Chaun

Igor Chaun

Petr Vachler

Petr Vachler

Josef Kubíček

Josef Kubíček

Miloslav Štibich

Miloslav Štibich

Train Passenger

Vlasta Mecnarowská

Vlasta Mecnarowská

Oldřich Navrátil

Oldřich Navrátil

Miloš Kohout

Miloš Kohout

Football Manager

Karel Sekera

Karel Sekera

Petr Němec

Petr Němec

Bořík Procházka

Bořík Procházka

Vladimír Pospíšil

Vladimír Pospíšil

Jiří Samek

Jiří Samek

Viktor Nejedlý

Viktor Nejedlý

Boris Halmi

Boris Halmi

Valentina Thielová

Valentina Thielová

Martina Samková

Martina Samková

Rudolf Stärz

Rudolf Stärz

Josef Šebek

Josef Šebek

Jiří Ulrich

Jiří Ulrich

V. Hošek

V. Hošek

P. Pelíšek

P. Pelíšek

Václav Hrůza

Václav Hrůza

Jiří Smutný

Jiří Smutný

Zdeněk Tomeš

Zdeněk Tomeš

J. Kočí

J. Kočí

Pavel Vangeli

Pavel Vangeli

Jiří Zahajský

Jiří Zahajský

Marie's Father (voice)

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