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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
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
Milan Šteindler
Driver
Markéta Hrubešová
Diva
Chantal Neuwirth
Waitress
Vincent Martin
Sexton
Václav Knop
Man / Boss (voice)
Vladimír Javorský
Man
Luba Skořepová
Countess
Václav Kotva
Worker
Pavel Vondruška
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Miriam Kantorková
Old Gypsy
Nelly Gaierová
Lady in a Train
Bohumil Hrabal
Man with Trolley
Jiří Brožek
Imaginary Character
Jiří Plachý
Imaginary Character
Petr Pelzer
Haňťa (voice)
Oldřich Vízner
Crematorium Worker (voice)