---
title: 'Who Looks for Gold? (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Menzel'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/who-looks-for-gold-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071716/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Who Looks for Gold? (1974)

1974 · 98 min · Drama · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Kdo hledá zlaté dno

## Synopsis

Who Looks for Gold? is a 1974 Czechoslovak film drama directed by Jiří Menzel. Filmed during the construction of the Dalešice Dam, it is one of Menzel's least well-regarded works. It concerns a young man who works on the construction of a dam after his return from military service. The film was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel), [Zdeněk Svěrák](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-sverak), [Rudolf Ráž](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-raz), [Vojtech Mestan](https://cinepixo.com/people/vojtech-mestan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Angelo Michajlov](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelo-michajlov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jaromír Šofr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-sofr), [Petr Čech](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-cech)
- **Editor:** [Jiřina Lukešová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-lukesova)

## Cast

- [Jiří Jurka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-jurka)
- [Jaroslav Rava](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-rava)
- [Jiří Koukola](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-koukola)
- [Taťána Radechovská](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatana-radechovska)
- [Ferdinand Krůta](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-kruta)
- [Karel Bélohradsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-belohradsky)
- [Svatopluk Skopal](https://cinepixo.com/people/svatopluk-skopal)
- [Miroslav Masopust](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-masopust)
- [Jana Giergielová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-giergielova)
- [Jiří Prokel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-prokel)
- [Alois Vachek](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-vachek)
- [Július Pántik](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-pantik)
- [Oldřich Vlach](https://cinepixo.com/people/oldrich-vlach)
- [Jan Kučera](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-kucera)
- [Otakar Dadák](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-dadak)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/who-looks-for-gold-1974
Film facts: Wikidata (Q12029119); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.