Based on Jan Neruda's column of the same name, which depicts the troubles of an old straw man. The film is introduced by poet Jaroslav Seifert with a speech about Jan Neruda and his work.
Karel Höger
Jiřina Steimarová
Milka Balek-Brodská
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
Jiřina Bílá
Emil Bolek
Rudolf Deyl
Josef Hlinomaz
Vladimír Klemens
Adam Novák
Věra Petáková
Ludmila Píchová
J. Procházka
Josef Příhoda
Slávka Rosenbergová
Eva Svobodová
L. H. Struna
Josef Steigl
Ferdinand Šafránek
Josef Vošalík
Stella Zázvorková
Antonín Soukup
Ferdinand Jarkovský
Vladimír Bejval
M. Tišák
Miloš Kopecký
Eman Fiala
Marie Nademlejnská
Emil Dlesk
Vladimír Jedenáctík
Milan Linhart
Jaruška Linhartová
M. Šilhavý
Mojmír Drvota
Assistant Director
Oldřich Šimáček
Art Designer
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Vojtěch Kuthan
Josef Calta
Set Decoration
Emanuel Formánek
Sound
Eva Mičulková
Jiří Tarantík
Director of Photography
Alois Mecera
Production Design
Jaromír Pleskot
Screenplay
Gustav Hrdlička
Makeup & Hair
Director
Barbora Adolfová
Costumer
Jaroslav Prokop
Production Manager
Josef Střecha
František Šindelář
Jan Neruda
Short Story
Jaromír Nohejl
Conductor
Jan F. Fischer
Original Music Composer
