Comedy Horror
The distinctive artist, typographer, and writer Josef Váchal is known to the public primarily for his Blood Novel. The surrealistic exuberance of this defense of 19th-century pulp fiction caught the attention of Jaroslav Brabec and his colleagues, who found a corresponding image of 20th-century "trash." The authors' interest focuses primarily on the silent film era, with a journey through the history of cinema continuing through the advent of sound film to the present day (auteur cinema of the 1960s, modern horror), formally employing techniques such as tinted film. The versatile parody intertwines a colorful plot with the story of the author (Váchal/Paseky), who comments on and creates his book, and is further split in the plot into the characters of Fragonard and the Master. As with Váchal, reality increasingly enters the fiction, so that the only "happy ending" turns out to be the artist's finished work.
Directed by
Jaroslav Brabec
Marek Vašut
Captain Rodriguez
Martin Dejdar
Honoluluan
Martin Hub
Pavel Nový
Outcast
Jiří Bartoška
Rolf
Roman Skamene
Outcast
Leo Stransky
Miriam Kantorková
Madam
Zdeněk Dvořáček
Petr Drozda
Salvation Army Agent
Josef Kemr
Hanička's Grandfather
Oldřich Vlach
Policeman
Milan Šteindler
Fugitive Madman
Veronika Freimanová
Kuba's Wife
Rudolf Hrušínský
Kuba
Oto Ševčík
Pirate Leader
Pavel Vokoun
Barbora Hrzánová
Honoluluan
Jan Antonín Duchoslav
Outcast Doctor
Jan Skopeček
Hermit
Ondřej Pavelka
Paseka / Master / Fragonard
Jitka Asterová
Klárka
Bořivoj Navrátil
Dr. Římsa
Jiřina Třebická
Háta
Alena Štréblová
Puppeteer (uncredited)
Petr Voříšek
Outcast
Jaromír Dulava
Třasoň
Pavel Krátký
Pavel Pípal
Kalina
Raoul Schránil
Prince Pedro di Rudibanera
Vlastimil Bedrna
Vailaurd
Vladimír Marek
Ignác
Milan Slepička
Pirate / Bandit
Klára Jirsáková
Elzevíra
Jakub Saic
Kurt
Jiřina Jelenská
Father Bruna
Barbora Leichnerová
Hanička
Kateřina Frýbová
Anna Kocourková
Martinus Soedjoko
Albatrus Cook
Stanislav Hájek
Tall Jesuit
Josef Hrubý
Tavern Keeper
Helena Lehká
Mother Superior
Daniel Kranda
Man
Tereza Brabcová
Bidder
Ludmila Michalová
Prostitute
Zdenka Žerská
Prostitute
Sylvie Krobová
Prostitute
Jarmila Bělíková
Prostitute
Ladislav Klepal
Outcast
Petr Reidinger
Outcast
Viktor Spousta
Outcast
Arnošt Kurell
Pirate
Petr Taťoun
Pirate
Ladislav Horáček
Publisher
Lubomír Švehelka
Publisher
Vít Kahle
Publisher
Zdeněk Dragoun
Publisher
Jindřich Špicner
Publisher
Julius Hůlek
Publisher
Pavel Štefan
Publisher
Tamara Nathová
Prostitute
Zuzana Sixtová
Prostitute
Alena Zemančíková
Prostitute
Jaroslav Tomsa
Jiří Kraus
Frantisek Stupka
Karel Vávrovec
František Jákl
Jaroslav Vlk
Karel Augusta ml.
Arnošt Böhm
Dusan Hyska
Jaroslav Luks
Fencer
Miloslav Císař
Fencer
Miroslav Fantyš
Fencer
J. Jelínek
Fencer
P. Valenta
Fencer
J. Kára
Fencer
R. Sýkora
Fencer
I. Šafránek
Fencer
M. Doležal
Fencer
Z. Samec
Fencer
J. Andrášek
Fencer
P. Trojánek
Fencer
V. Hajdina
Fencer
Z. Brychta
Fencer
Martin Dušátko
Fencer
M. Šnajder
Fencer
Antonín Češpivo
Fencer
Vlastimil Přáda
Fencer
J. Dubin
Fencer
Daniel Soedjoko
Albatrus Deck Hand (uncredited)
Naďa Šafratová
Rudibanerová (uncredited)
Ivan Novotný
Tall Boy (uncredited)
Růžena Černušáková
Ghost (uncredited)
Vladimír Živný
Outcast (uncredited)
Martin Faltýn
Aleš Boštička
Jaromír Vaverka

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