Directed by:
Hynek BočanCinematography:
Jan NěmečekComposer:
Wiliam BukovýCast:
Jan Kačer, Štěpánka Řeháková, Josef Chvalina, Hana Kreihanslová, Jaromír Spal, Zdeněk Hodr, Libuše Havelková, Bohumil Vávra, Radoslav Brzobohatý (more)Plots(1)
This pungent comedy about the conflict between an irresponsible intellectual and lowbrow society was one of the favourite films of Jan Kačer who took inspiration from the author of the novel, Milan Kundera, when playing the self-absorbed art historian. Hynek Bočan’s masterful debut and the first and best of Kundera’s adaptations. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
![Jan Kačer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268666_f9ae76.jpg)
Jan Kačer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
![Štěpánka Řeháková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277859_8adebf.jpg)
Štěpánka Řeháková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Kinoautomat: One Man and His House (1967)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
![Josef Chvalina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271369_7eeb50.jpg)
Josef Chvalina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
![Hana Kreihanslová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950045_f75233.jpg)
Hana Kreihanslová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Honour and Glory (1968)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
![Jaromír Spal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275196_d733e7.jpg)
Jaromír Spal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
![Zdeněk Hodr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268691_1a242e.jpg)
Zdeněk Hodr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Libuše Havelková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/136/161136360_aa6420.jpg)
Libuše Havelková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Příběh dušičkový (1964) (TV movie)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
![Bohumil Vávra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141976_d2f834.jpg)
Bohumil Vávra
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Adelheid (1969)
![Radoslav Brzobohatý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/427/164427085_48549e.png)
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
All My Compatriots (1968)
František Krahulík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Honour and Glory (1968)
Naši furianti (1971) (theatrical recording)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
![Ludmila Píchová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274946_d328a9.jpg)
Ludmila Píchová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
![Jan Libíček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271362_265fe9.jpg)
Jan Libíček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Alena Frimlová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/064/166064443_4ab300.jpg)
Alena Frimlová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Larks on a String (1969)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
How About a Plate of Spinach? (1977)
![Václav Kyzlink](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/457/165457886_fbdb7d.jpg)
Václav Kyzlink
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Conscience (1948)
![Adolf Minský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950114_638877.jpg)
Adolf Minský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
I'm Jumping Over Puddles Again (1970)
Honour and Glory (1968)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
![Emil Rohan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/168/165168655_fc8468.jpg)
Emil Rohan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Věc Makropulos (1970) (theatrical recording)
Honour and Glory (1968)
![Jan Cmíral st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318156_1abe2b.jpg)
Jan Cmíral st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
![Vlasta Jelínková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275675_1f730f.jpg)
Vlasta Jelínková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Jiří Menzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/762/164762519_8e2558.jpg)
Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
The Cremator (1968)
Larks on a String (1969)
Luděk Pilc
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
Tenkrát o Vánocích (1958)
Virginity and Prison (1969)