---
title: 'The Young Man and Moby Dick (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jaromil Jireš'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-young-man-and-moby-dick-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171535/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Young Man and Moby Dick (1979)

1979 · 89 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Czechoslovakia


## Synopsis

The Young Man and Moby Dick is a 1979 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Jaromil Jireš. It was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jaromil Jireš](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromil-jires)
- **Screenplay:** [Jaromil Jireš](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromil-jires)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ladislav Štaidl](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-staidl)
- **Producer:** [Eliška Nejedlá](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliska-nejedla)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emil Sirotek](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-sirotek)
- **Editor:** [Josef Valušiak](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-valusiak)

## Cast

- [Jiří Lír](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-lir)
- [Jiří Nebeský](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-nebesky)
- [Naďa Konvalinková](https://cinepixo.com/people/nada-konvalinkova)
- [Jana Brejchová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-brejchova)
- [Jan Kanyza](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kanyza)
- [Jana Andresíková](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-andresikova)
- [Jaroslav Radimecký](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-radimecky)
- [Zlata Adamovská](https://cinepixo.com/people/zlata-adamovska)
- [Eduard Cupák](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-cupak)
- [Lenka Termerová](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenka-termerova)
- [Ludmila Vostrčilová](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludmila-vostrcilova)
- [Karel Hovorka st.](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-hovorka-st)
- [Karel Hábl](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-habl)
- [Alois Švehlík](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-svehlik)
- [Josef Střecha](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-strecha-2)

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