---
title: 'Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Menzel'
released: '1979-08-03'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/those-wonderful-movie-cranks-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077202/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (1979)

1979 · 84 min · Comedy, History · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Báječní muži s klikou

## Synopsis

Those Wonderful Movie Cranks is a 1978 Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel), [Oldřich Vlček](https://cinepixo.com/people/oldrich-vlcek)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Šust](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sust)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jaromír Šofr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-sofr)
- **Editor:** [Jiří Brožek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-brozek)

## Cast

- [Jiří Štibich](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-stibich)
- [Jaromíra Mílová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromira-milova)
- [Petr Lebeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-lebeda)
- [Jaromír Štemberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-stemberg)
- [Michaela Macasová](https://cinepixo.com/people/michaela-macasova)
- [Jana Eichlerová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-eichlerova)
- [Pavel Vondruška](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-vondruska)
- [Jiří Knot](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-knot)
- [Josef Šolc](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-solc)
- [Miroslav Buberle](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-buberle)
- [Blažena Holišová](https://cinepixo.com/people/blazena-holisova)
- [Antonin Klepac](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-klepac)
- [Vladimír Menšík](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-mensik)
- [Hana Buresova](https://cinepixo.com/people/hana-buresova)
- [Jan Šimek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-simek)

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