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