Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a place in a rigidly ordered society by changing the desperate conclusion into a happy end. The film provided Czech comedian Jirí Lábus with a new kind of role: that of the despotic uncle of a main hero Karel Rossman (Martin Dejdar).
Martin Dejdar
as Karel Rossman
Jiří Lábus
as Strýc Jacob
Jarka Rytychová
as Klára
Kateřina Kozáková-Bílková
as Tereza
Jiří Schmitzer
as Topič
Oldřich Kaiser
as Delamarche
Pavel Landovský
as Robinson
Milan Riehs
as Pollunder
Jan Schmid
as Šubal
Petr Vacek
as Immigration Officer
Ladislav Škrabánek
as Driver
Olga Charvátová
as Mother Rossman
