Directed by:
Jan SvěrákCinematography:
F. A. BrabecCast:
Petr Forman, Edita Brychta, Zdeněk Svěrák, Bolek Polívka, Věra Křesadlová, Daniela Kolářová, Ivan Vyskočil, Marek Vašut, Ladislav Smoljak, Marian Labuda (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Jan Svěrák's fantasy comedy conceives of television as a vampire-like entity capable of slurping up human energy. A young man discovers that he has lost strength after participating in a television poll. He soon realizes that a parallel world exists and that his TV alter ego is living it up. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Petr Forman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/570/160570477_399289.jpg)
Petr Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
![Edita Brychta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278544_8b0ae3.jpg)
Edita Brychta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Man on the Moon (1999)
A Good Year (2006)
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
![Zdeněk Svěrák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268143_ed5264.jpg)
Zdeněk Svěrák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
![Bolek Polívka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098820_36fd45.jpg)
Bolek Polívka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
![Věra Křesadlová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268394_fb8356.jpg)
Věra Křesadlová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Larks on a String (1969)
Intimate Lighting (1965)
The Joke (1968)
![Daniela Kolářová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/484/159484784_9188d1.jpg)
Daniela Kolářová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Ivan Vyskočil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268558_e48f08.jpg)
Ivan Vyskočil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Haprdáns (1988) (theatrical recording)
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Wild Flowers (2000)
![Marek Vašut](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806120_1545f7.jpg)
Marek Vašut
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mňága - Happy End (1996)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
La Vie en rose (2007)
![Ladislav Smoljak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/829/162829868_fdcc5a.jpg)
Ladislav Smoljak
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
![Marian Labuda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268178_89aa5d.jpg)
Marian Labuda
Slovak state
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Raz, dva, tri (1985) (TV movie)
![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)
![Rudolf Hrušínský ml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294183_9cba95.jpg)
Rudolf Hrušínský ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
![Oto Ševčík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268719_56fad9.jpg)
Oto Ševčík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
![Pavel Vondruška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268786_9a305e.jpg)
Pavel Vondruška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Blaník (1997) (theatrical recording)
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
![Tereza Pergnerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647189_0391eb.jpg)
Tereza Pergnerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Accumulator 1 (1994)
Žiletky (1993)
![Hugo Kaminský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277543_902070.jpg)
Hugo Kaminský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Zámek v Čechách (1993) (TV movie)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Naďa Šafratová
Best movies:
Wild Flowers (2000)
Accumulator 1 (1994)
Children of Dune (2003) (series)
![Otakáro Maria Schmidt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270169_04aa2f.jpg)
Otakáro Maria Schmidt
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mlýny (1994) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Smoke (1990)
![Markéta Děrgelová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/062/166062091_57b76c.jpg)
Markéta Děrgelová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
In the Shadow (2012)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
Národ sobě - kultura tobě (2021) (concert)
![Jan Nemejovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/242/161242736_14aa00.png)
Jan Nemejovský
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Loners (2000)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
The Last Butterfly (1990)