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Všichni musí být v pyžamu

1984 film directed by Jaroslav Papoušek

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7945050 ↗
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Všichni musí být v pyžamu is a 1984 Czechoslovak film directed by Jaroslav Papoušek. The film starred František Husák and Josef Kemr.

The hero of the film is found rushing from one misfortune to another, he is the former accountant Gregory Maršíček, who, after a heart attack, for fear of dying, decides to live a quiet, sparing life and adhere to the principles of healthy living. These are not to smoke, drink, and to exercise and eat healthily. He will take the place of the patient's inspector and hopes he will have peace of mind in his new job. Instead, he experiences one nervous episode after another. Gradually his will power dwindles. Gregory falls into unhealthy food, alcohol, and women. Things gradually get worse. The result is a second heart attack, after which the hero promises to fix everything and live healthily.

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“Všichni musí být v pyžamu” enters the record as 1984 film directed by Jaroslav Papoušek. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Všichni, musí and pyžamu can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7945050. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984.

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