The movie is a satirical look at foreign occupation - a medieval Czech jester entertains a German king and his French wife, or a modern Czech villager helps a Bavarian hunter and his French wife find wild boar in Bohemia - the story switches back and forth between the two plots and time-periods.
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Bolek Polívka as Jester
Chantal Poullain as Queen
Jiří Kodet as King
Vlastimil Brodský as Václav
Jiří Pecha as Gamekeeper
Lumír Tuček as Neighbour
Věra Chytilová Director
Jan Malíř Director of Photography
Jiří Blažek Creative Producer
Jiří Bulis Original Music Composer
Zuzana Zemanová-Hojdová First Assistant Director
Pavel Brunclík Second Assistant Director
Bolek Polívka Story
Bolek Polívka Theatre Play
Bolek Polívka Screenplay
Věra Chytilová Story
Věra Chytilová Screenplay
Jiří Blažek Dramaturgy
Antonín Mařík Assistant Camera
Dušan Ždímal Production Design
Ivo Černý Set Decoration
Ivan Břešťák Set Decoration
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