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 NoiretHaňťa
Jean-Claude DreyfusBoss
Vlastimil BrodskýUncle Albert
Jiří MenzelProfessor
Květa FialováOld Mančinka
Dana MorávkováYoung Mančinka / Ilonka (voice)
Martin DejdarPedro
Michaela KuklováTurquoise Gypsy
Yvetta BlanarovičováAtlas Gypsy
Agathe de La FontaineIlonkaIvan GübelGiant
Milan ŠteindlerDriver
Markéta HrubešováDivaBohumil VávraSculptor
Chantal NeuwirthWaitress