Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte, an owner of a circus caravan, meets his dying colleague who entrusts his beautiful daughter Aloisie to his care. In Prague they all take up their lodgings at the house At Blue Fish in which they intend to arrange the programs. The firm is owned by widow Evzenie with whom Pasparte shares flat and bed. Evzenie is jealous of Aloisie therefore Pasparte sends Aloisie as a housewife to the single man Jakub Kolenatý who earns his living by photographing and wants to record the revived pictures of Prague. Pasparte wants to found in Prague the first permanent Czech movie theatre in which there would be projected also the original Czech films.
| Directing | Jiří Menzel | Director |
| Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Věra Kalábová | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Jiří Ondráček | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jiří Forst | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Dobroslav Zborník | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Petřina | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miroslav Buhr | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Hana Hanušová | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alena Šedová | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Ladislav Rada | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theodor Pištěk | Costume Design |
| Writing | Oldřich Vlček | Screenplay |
| Art | Jaroslav Lehman | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Screenplay |
| Directing | Magda Vodičková | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Milan Novotný | Sound |
| Production | Jan Šuster | Production Manager |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Camera | Richard Valenta | Camera Operator |
| Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
| Production | Miloslav Doležal | Assistant Production Manager |
| Writing | Miloš Brož | Creative Producer |
| Writing | Oldřich Vlček | Story |
| Art | Michael Poledník | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zuzana Máchová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Hlušáková | Costumer |
| Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Rimma Stejskalová | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Rudolf Mos | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jaroslav Bouček | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Jitka Radová | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Jiří Kučera | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jiří Šust | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jiří Šust | Lyricist |
