On the occasion of the opening of the famous Vienna "Riesenrad," a competition was held for the best operetta. A Czech, Jára Cimrman, also submitted his entry, a sweeping seven-hour work entitled "Proso." Due to what was perhaps his only negative trait, a slight stinginess, he did not send the score by registered mail, which allowed Franz Lehár, Johann Strauss, Oskar Nedbal, and other members of the jury to literally tear apart the brilliant operetta fresco. After many decades, a team of Czech Cimrmanologists has proven that the author of the world-famous melodies from Die Fledermaus, Polská krev, and many other operettas is the forgotten Pojizeřan Cimrman.
Ladislav Smoljak
Writer, Director
Zdeněk Svěrák
Writer
Zdeněk Svěrák
Taverner
Miloň Čepelka
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Ladislav Smoljak
Escapee Kulhánek
Václav Kotek
Inspector Trachta
Noises Off...72%
Oh, Hello on Broadway69%
Mike Birbiglia: The New One74%
Tom Segura: Disgraceful71%
Jim Jefferies: Intolerant71%
Tom Segura: Mostly Stories70%
Jimmy Carr: Comedian76%
Love Happy58%
Jim Jefferies: High n' Dry64%
29th Street69%
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 272%
Dave Chappelle: The Closer71%
Eddie Murphy Raw72%
Why Worry?65%
Tom Segura: Sledgehammer68%
How to Irritate People66%
Wanda Sykes: Not Normal70%
Jim Jefferies: Alcoholocaust73%
Marc Maron: Too Real68%
Much Ado About Nothing68%
