Filmmakers
Above the lineMF
Director
Martin Frič
JW
Screenplay
Jan Werich
JB
Screenplay
Jiří Brdečka
MF
Screenplay
Martin Frič
JK
Screenplay
Jiří Krejčík
JW
Screenplay
Jan Werich
Story
JB
Screenplay
Jiří Brdečka
Story
JS
Cinematography
Jan Stallich
Director of Photography
JK
Editing
Jan Kohout
Editor
JK
Music
Julius Kalaš
Original Music Composer
JZ
Production Design
Jan Zázvorka
VS
Costume Design
Vladimír Synek
JT
Costume Design
Jiří Trnka
Cast
51JW
Jan Werich
Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
NG
Nataša Gollová
Katerina aka Sirael
JP
Jiří Plachý
Edward Kelley
FE
František Černý
Hieroným Alessandro Scotta, alchemist
MV
Marie Vášová
Countess Katharina Strada
BZ
Bohuš Záhorský
Lang
ZT
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Marshal Russworm
FF
František Filipovský
Court Astrologer
VT
Václav Trégl
The Emperor's Servant
VL
Vladimír Leraus
Hungarian Delegate
MN
Miloš Nedbal
Court Physician
BH
Bohuš Hradil
Tycho de Brahe
FH
František Holar
Captain of the Guard
VE
Vladimír Řepa
LL
Lubomír Lipský
An Alchemist
TP
Theodor Pištěk
BB
Bohumil Bezouška
Artist Hans von Aachen
FB
Felix le Breux
JK
Josef Kemr
The Atom-Splitting Alchemist
FM
Fanda Mrázek
OM
Ota Motyčka
MS
Miroslav Svoboda
Master of Ceremonies
JK
Jan S. Kolár
An Alchemist
EK
Eliška Kuchařová
The Gardener
JH
Josef Hlinomaz
AD
Alois Dvorský
Man Outside Bakery
JW
Jana Werichová
GH
Gustav Hrdlička
First Barber
FD
František Miroslav Doubrava
Second Barber
MN
Marie Nademlejnská
Woman Outside Bakery
MK
Magda Kopřivová
JV
Jaroslav Vlk
MK
Miloš Kopecký
An Alchemist
JD
Jindřich Doležal
JO
Josef Oliak
EJ
Eva Jiroušková
VS
Vladimír Svitáček
Fire Juggler
LR
Ladislav Rychman
Man at Desk
AS
Antonín Soukup
A Baker
VV
Václav Švec
Servant
AJ
Antonín Jirsa
Doctor's Aide
MR
Martin Raus
Servant With Vase
EK
Emanuel Kovařík
Court Chamberlain
HN
Hynek Němec
AP
Anna Pitašová
Second Handmaiden
VC
Věra Chytilová
First Handmaiden
JS
Jana Svobodová
DM
Dagmar Moulíková
IZ
Ida Zázvorková
VW
Věra Waldhansová
VP
Viktor Pejsar
Departments
31Production
- Klára BarešováAssistant Production Manager
- Rudolf HájekLine Producer
- Ladislav TeršProduction Manager
- Jaroslav VlkUnit Manager
Camera
- Bohumil HábaCamera Operator
- Václav HojdaStill Photographer
Sound
- Milivoj UzelacConductor
- František ČernýSound
- Václav JanoušekSound Assistant
Art
- Jaroslav HorejcArt Designer
- Boris MoravecAssistant Production Design
- Alois TreybalBackground Designer
- Vladimír SlepičkaSet Decoration
- Vladimír MáchaSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Bohumil SochorCostumer
- František KaulerCostumer
- Jaroslava FifkováCostumer
- Magdalena BalíkováCostumer
- Vladimír ČernýMakeup & Hair
- Richard WeberMakeup & Hair
- Marie HrdličkováMakeup & Hair
- Gustav HrdličkaMakeup Artist
Editing
- Jarmila MüllerováAssistant Editor
Crew
- Luboš OgounChoreographer
- Jiřina KottováChoreographer
- Saša MachovChoreographer
- Vladimír NovotnýSpecial Effects
Writing
- Jan WerichCreative Producer
Directing
- Rudolf JarošAssistant Director
- Zdeněk MaršálekAssistant Director
- Marie MoravcováScript Supervisor