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
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
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