Directed by:
Otakar FukaCinematography:
Josef HanušComposer:
Petr HapkaCast:
Božidara Turzonovová, Svatopluk Matyáš, Vlastimil Brodský, Zita Kabátová, Otakar Brousek st., Antonín Brtoun, Jiří Pleskot, Václav Štádler, Oto Ševčík (more)Plots(1)
Magic Indian panacea, discovered in South-American jungle by Czech traveller Alberto Vojtěch Frič, is sought after by a Czech scientist, Western spies, but also by extraterrestrial visitors... Adventure and romance is threaded through this down-to-earth sci-fi, loosely inspired by a novel called "Expedition Élauné". (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Božidara Turzonovová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268495_5fe694.jpg)
Božidara Turzonovová
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Kým kohút nezaspieva (1972)
![Svatopluk Matyáš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272651_4ad7db.jpg)
Svatopluk Matyáš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
![Vlastimil Brodský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281492_215952.jpg)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
![Zita Kabátová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268220_50b241.jpg)
Zita Kabátová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Želary (2003)
![Otakar Brousek st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268153_ddf27c.jpg)
Otakar Brousek st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Antonín Brtoun](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156420_d1f927.jpg)
Antonín Brtoun
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Záchvěv strachu (1984)
Veronika (1985)
![Jiří Pleskot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268668_2b66a9.jpg)
Jiří Pleskot
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Václav Štádler
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
O štěstí a kráse (1986) (TV movie)
Operation Bororo (1972)
![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)
![Jiří Krampol](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/196/166196427_c3c01d.png)
Jiří Krampol
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Dvacet let Olympicu (1983) (concert)
![František Paul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274635_6e2507.jpg)
František Paul
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
![Oldřich Lukeš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274256_d3dd54.jpg)
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Olga Jungová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Three Veterans (1983)
The End of Old Times (1989)
Vladimír Fürst
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
Libuše Zátková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Green Gold (1964)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Schovanka (1973) (TV movie)
J. L. Citores
Best movies:
Operation Bororo (1972)
Lorna Homoláčová-Vančurová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
![Karel Bělohradský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819096_cff1f8.jpg)
Karel Bělohradský
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Adelheid (1969)
Dagmar Nováková
Best movies:
Lovers in the Year One (1973)
Operation Bororo (1972)
The Hippo (1973)
![Karel Augusta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268605_54518d.jpg)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)