Directed by:
Ludvík RážaScreenplay:
Ondřej VogeltanzCinematography:
Jan NěmečekComposer:
Luboš FišerCast:
Jaromír Hanzlík, Martin Růžek, Josef Vinklář, Petr Kostka, Jan Potměšil, Taťjana Medvecká, Tomáš Holý, Josef Somr, Petr Čepek, Vilém Besser, Bořivoj Navrátil (more)Plots(1)
This realistically shot adventure, loosely inspired by Verne's The Begum's Fortune, tells the story of a megalomaniac arms-factory owner planning to destroy his peaceable neighbours. The filmmakers varied the original plot with new motifs and made its anti-war message more up-to-date. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Václav Kaňkovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/798/160798422_b95f90.jpg)
Václav Kaňkovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Scapinova šibalství (1980) (TV movie)
On the Comet (1970)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Sylva Kamenická
Best movies:
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
Day for My Love (1976)
How to Shoot Rosemaries (1977)
![Jiří Havel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/030/162030912_0b96f4.jpg)
Jiří Havel
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Poslední dopis (1973) (TV movie)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
![Mirko Musil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271931_ac228d.jpg)
Mirko Musil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Ladislav Trojan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268748_5011a9.jpg)
Ladislav Trojan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Blboun (2001) (theatrical recording)
![Zdeněk Kutil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268695_6a9377.jpg)
Zdeněk Kutil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
All My Compatriots (1968)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
![Zdeněk Srstka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268703_cb6c4c.jpg)
Zdeněk Srstka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
![Karel Augusta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268605_54518d.jpg)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jaroslav Horák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tři spory (1981) (series)
The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
![Martin Hron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281246_a8445c.jpg)
Martin Hron
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
The Tank Battalion (1991)
Zdeňka Rosolová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
The Secret of Steel City (1978)
![Václav Kotva](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268656_118684.jpg)
Václav Kotva
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Zdeněk Skalický
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
![Bohumil Vávra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141976_d2f834.jpg)
Bohumil Vávra
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Adelheid (1969)
![Josef Velda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275124_d684ae.jpg)
Josef Velda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
![Richard Záhorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274367_a77c0b.jpg)
Richard Záhorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Assassination (1964)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Karel Fiala
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
![Jiří Kodet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268188_059998.jpg)
Jiří Kodet
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Higher Principle (1960)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
![Milan Mach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/361/160361317_7f3c89.jpg)
Milan Mach
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Jan Přeučil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268629_b07711.jpg)
Jan Přeučil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)