at the opera to see Nabucco. He absorbs energy from the art and goes into the street several times to store it in a batch of boards. After the opera, they drive back to Anna's. During a power cut, Olda reads Anna's daughter a fairy tale about a prince who defeated a witch by flooding her with life force from several people. He formulates a similar plan to destroy the television "mirror world", by oversaturating a TV set with energy from the charged boards. Meanwhile, the television alter-ego is symbolically buried by media personalities, being lowered off the ship into a landfill. "Dead" media personalities can still lie down and talk, but no longer have energy. He decides to escape this hopeless surreal world. The next day, Olda gathers as much energy as possible from people in the city, and at night attempts to carry out his plan. He is interrupted by Slezak, who is looking for Jitka, and tries to start a fight, but is too drunk. Olda detonates the supply of boards in his apartment and sends the released energy across the bridge. It flows towards the television, but at the last moment Olda abandons his plan, realizing that he is standing in the path of the energy stolen from people. He releases the energy, which would otherwise destroy him, and the energy saves a falling plane instead. As the dust settles, Olda's tele-ego appears and they embrace and merge together. Slezak, who broke into Olda's apartment before the explosion, is arrested. The next morning, Olda calls Anna to apologize for the missed date and it is assumed that their relationship will continue normally. Television is no longer dangerous for him, but the global problem stays unsolved. Cast Petr Forman as Olda Soukup Edita Brychta as Anna Zdeněk Svěrák as Fišarek: a natural healer Marián Labuda as The Teacher Bolek Polívka as Slezák Tereza Pergnerová as Jitka Jiří Kodet as Mikulík Marketa Frosslová as Anička Ladislav Smoljak as Caretaker Daniela Kolářova as Mrs. Fišarkova Rudolf Hrušinský Jr. as Pitrýsek David Koller as The Cowboy Robert Kodym as The Indian Nada Safratova as Gabriela Ivo Kašpar as Pištek References External links 1994 films 1994 comedy films 1990s fantasy comedy films 1990s Czech-language films 1990s English-language films Films directed by Jan Svěrák Czech action films Czech science fiction films Czech comedy films Czech fantasy films Czech Lion Awards winners (films)