Leo Popper is a happy family man living in rural Bohemia in the years preceding the Nazi invasion. Out of economic necessity he moves with his family to the big city and becomes an enterprising vacuum cleaner salesman. There he embarks on a series of adulterous adventures, has encounters with boxing pros and famous portrait artists, and schemes to purchase the perfect pond to fulfill his passion for fishing. When the Nazis gain control, the comedy turns sour - he loses his lake, his job, and finally, his family.
Unfortunately the movie Forbidden Dreams is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Karel Kachyňa | Director |
| Writing | Ota Pavel | Story |
| Camera | Vladimír Smutný | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Karel Kachyňa | Screenplay |
| Art | Miroslav Fára | Set Decoration |
| Production | Tomáš Baloun | Unit Manager |
| Art | Karel Lier | Art Direction |
| Sound | Luboš Fišer | Music |
| Production | Oldřich Mach | Producer |
| Production | Luboš Kozák | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Hájková | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
| Art | Karel Lier | Production Design |
| Production | Libuše Jahodová | Production Designer |
| Sound | Pavel Jelínek | Sound |
| Camera | Jiří Pechar | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Václav Zajíček | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irena Greifová | Costume Design |
| Directing | Petr Makovička | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zeno Dostál | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dagmar Zelenková | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Writing | Vladimír Bor | Script Editor |
| Camera | Jitka Bylinská | Still Photographer |
