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.
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Ondřej Pavelka as Paseka / Master / Fragonard
Klára Jirsáková as Elzevíra
Raoul Schránil as Prince Pedro di Rudibanera
Jakub Saic as Kurt
Vladimír Marek as Ignác
Veronika Freimanová as Kuba's Wife
Jiřina Jelenská as Father Bruna
Rudolf Hrušínský as Kuba
Barbora Leichnerová as Hanička
Pavel Pípal as Kalina
Jaromír Dulava as Třasoň
Barbora Hrzánová as Honoluluan
Martin Dejdar as Honoluluan
Jitka Asterová as Klárka
Kateřina Frýbová as Anna Kocourková
Josef Kemr as Hanička's Grandfather
Jiří Bartoška as Rolf
Oldřich Vlach as Policeman
Milan Šteindler as Fugitive Madman
Vlastimil Bedrna as Vailaurd
Bořivoj Navrátil as Dr. Římsa
Marek Vašut as Captain Rodriguez
Oto Ševčík as Pirate Leader
Martinus Soedjoko as Albatrus Cook
Pavel Nový as Outcast
Roman Skamene as Outcast
Rudolf Hrušínský as Outcast
Jiřina Třebická as Háta
Jan Skopeček as Hermit
Petr Drozda as Salvation Army Agent
Stanislav Hájek as Tall Jesuit
Josef Hrubý as Tavern Keeper
Helena Lehká as Mother Superior
Miriam Kantorková as Madam
Daniel Kranda as Man
Jan Antonín Duchoslav as Outcast Doctor
Tereza Brabcová as Bidder
Jiří Brožek as Drunk
Václav Marhoul as Man
Ludmila Michalová as Prostitute
Zdenka Žerská as Prostitute
Sylvie Krobová as Prostitute
Jarmila Bělíková as Prostitute
Ladislav Klepal as Outcast
Petr Reidinger as Outcast
Viktor Spousta as Outcast
Arnošt Kurell as Pirate
Petr Taťoun as Pirate
Petr Voříšek as Outcast
Ladislav Horáček as Publisher
Lubomír Švehelka as Publisher
Vít Kahle as Publisher
Zdeněk Dragoun as Publisher
Jindřich Špicner as Publisher
Julius Hůlek as Publisher
Pavel Štefan as Publisher
Tamara Nathová as Prostitute
Zuzana Sixtová as Prostitute
Alena Zemančíková as Prostitute
Jaroslav Tomsa as
Jiří Kraus as
Martin Hub as
Jiří Kuba as
Pavel Myslík as
Frantisek Stupka as
Petr Drozda as
Karel Vávrovec as
Rudolf Bok as
František Jákl as
Jaroslav Vlk as
Leo Stransky as
Viktor Červenka as
Jindřich Klaus as
Karel Augusta ml. as
Zdeněk Dvořáček as
Milan Slepička as Pirate / Bandit
Zbyšek Svatek as
Zdeněk Krumpl as
Pavel Cajzl as
Pavel Vokoun as
Arnošt Böhm as
Jaroslav Pšenička as
Pavel Krátký as
Pavel Bezděk as
Dusan Hyska as
Dimo Lipitkovský as
Luděk Jelen as
Václav Luks as Fencer
Jaroslav Luks as Fencer
Miloslav Císař as Fencer
Miroslav Fantyš as Fencer
J. Jelínek as Fencer
P. Valenta as Fencer
J. Kára as Fencer
R. Sýkora as Fencer
I. Šafránek as Fencer
M. Doležal as Fencer
Z. Samec as Fencer
J. Andrášek as Fencer
P. Trojánek as Fencer
V. Hajdina as Fencer
Z. Brychta as Fencer
Martin Dušátko as Fencer
M. Šnajder as Fencer
Antonín Češpivo as Fencer
Vlastimil Přáda as Fencer
J. Dubin as Fencer
Daniel Soedjoko as Albatrus Deck Hand (uncredited)
Naďa Šafratová as Rudibanerová (uncredited)
Ivan Novotný as Tall Boy (uncredited)
Růžena Černušáková as Ghost (uncredited)
Michal Svoboda as Ghost (uncredited)
Vladimír Živný as Outcast (uncredited)
Alena Štréblová as Puppeteer (uncredited)
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