Saxony, devastated by the Thirty Years' War, is led by the comedy troupe of the principal Fortunato. The student Vavrinec has fled Bohemia and greatly values the text of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, which he has acquired on his wanderings around the world.

• Filmové studio Barrandov
• Oldřich Kaiser
• Martin Růžek
• Jana Hlaváčová
• Radoslav Brzobohatý
• Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
• Jiří Krampol
• Boris Rösner
• Jiřina Štěpničková