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.
DirectorLadislav Smoljak
WritersLadislav Smoljak, Zdeněk Svěrák
Part of
Includes: Lijavec, Posel z Liptákova, Blaník, Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment, Pub in the Glade, Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan, The Stand In, Plum Tree, The Nude, Investigation of the Loss of a Class Book, Africa, Cimrman in the World of Music, The Conquest of the North Pole, Long, Broad and Nearsight, 40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry, Czech Heaven, Psaní do nebe
