"An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric scenarios of wit."
Philippe Noiret
as Haňťa
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
as Boss
Vlastimil Brodský
as Uncle Albert
Jiří Menzel
as Professor
Květa Fialová
as Old Mančinka
Dana Morávková
as Young Mančinka / Ilonka (voice)
Martin Dejdar
as Pedro
Michaela Kuklová
as Turquoise Gypsy
Yvetta Blanarovičová
as Atlas Gypsy
Agathe de La Fontaine
as Ilonka
Ivan Gübel
as Giant
Milan Šteindler
as Driver
Markéta Hrubešová
as Diva
Bohumil Vávra
as Sculptor
Chantal Neuwirth
as Waitress
Vincent Martin
as Sexton
Jacques Gyngisser
as Crematorium Worker
Václav Knop
as Man / Boss (voice)
Vladimír Javorský
as Man
Alfred Strejček
as Baudelaire
Luba Skořepová
as Countess
Miluše Zoubková
as Lady with Violets
Václav Kotva
as Worker
Pavel Vondruška
as Erasmus of Rotterdam
Miriam Kantorková
as Old Gypsy
Patrik Bořecký
as Jesus
Nelly Gaierová
as Lady in a Train
Bohumil Hrabal
as Man with Trolley
Mirjana Caisová
as Lady in a Pub
Václav Kadlec
as Imaginary Character
Vladimír Vodička
Tomáš Mazal
Ivo Vodseďálek
Jiří Rejthar
Woloďa Hruška
Zdeno Pavelka
Jiří Brožek
Maria-Luisa Cosentino
Jiří Plachý
Ivan Kott
Petr Pelzer
as Haňťa (voice)
Oldřich Vízner
as Crematorium Worker (voice)
Véra Caïs
Director
Girolamo La Rosa
Director of Photography
Stanisław Syrewicz
Original Music Composer
Stéphane Moucha
Editor
Art Department Coordinator
Michal Wellner-Pospíšil
First Assistant Director
Petr Mrkous
Second Assistant Director
Novel
Screenplay
Pavla Frýdlová
Dramaturgy
Jiří Gajdoš
Assistant Camera
Vladimír Labský
Production Design
Martin Kurel
Art Direction
Tatiana Kovaříková
Costume Design
Ivo Strangmüller
Makeup & Hair
Marie Soudná
Patrice Mendez
Sound
Antonín Weiser
Visual Effects Camera
George Hoffmann
Title Designer
Robert Keil
Ondřej Nerud
Jan Bílek
Producer
Production Manager
Šárka Cimbalová
Unit Manager
Line Producer