The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order. However, the conspirators, not to be outdone, determine to bring the Golem back to life to do their bidding.
Jan Werich
as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
Nataša Gollová
as Katerina aka Sirael
Jiří Plachý
as Edward Kelley
František Černý
as Hieroným Alessandro Scotta, alchemist
Marie Vášová
as Countess Katharina Strada
Bohuš Záhorský
as Lang
Zdeněk Štěpánek
as Marshal Russworm
František Filipovský
as Court Astrologer
Václav Trégl
as The Emperor's Servant
Vladimír Leraus
as Hungarian Delegate
Miloš Nedbal
as Court Physician
Bohuš Hradil
as Tycho de Brahe
