Jára Cimrman is considered the most popular imaginary Czech genius. The film is about his fascinating life. He was born to a poor family and due to financial difficulties, his parents told him he was a girl when he was young. As a result, he attended girls' school until he discovered his true gender. Cimrman was incredibly intelligent and inspired many famous artists and inventors, but all of his inventions were patented just minutes before by other inventors. He pursued many careers including teaching and writing plays, before mysteriously disappearing from a small village in 1914.

3. Jára Cimrman (1856-1914) is the most popular imaginary Czech genius, but some people believe in him. This film is about his life.

4. His father was a Czech tailor Leopold Cimrman. He was about 50 years older than Cimrman´s mother. Her name was Marlen Cimrman. She was an Austrian actress. When Cimrman was young, his parents told him, that he was a girl, because they were poor and he had to wear his older sister´s clothes. (His sister´s name was Luisa)

5. So, he went to the girls school. When he was older, he started thinking about boys and girls. „Why am I different than my classmates?“ He said it to his teacher and she said to him: You aren´t a girl, you are a boy! So he had left school.

6. He was very clever. He inspired the most important artists and inventors (Anton Pavlovič Čechov, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Malchese Guglielmo Marconi,….) and he helped them with their work and inventions.

7. But his inventions weren´t patented. All his inventions were patented a few minutes before him by other inventors. He didn´t patent: Telephone - patented by Alexander Graham Bell Cinematograph - patented by brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiér Bulb - patented by Thomas A.Edison Dynamite - patented by Alfred Bernhard Nobel

8. He personally knew lots of Czech famous people. Viktor Kaplan- inventor-Kaplan´s turbine Jaroslav Vrchlický- writer František Křižík- inventor- Arc lamp and electric tram Karolína Světlá- writer Josef Václav Myslbek- sculptor Antonín Dvořák- music composer Emil Holub- traveller

9. He wanted to „break monarchy“. So he became a home-teacher for František Ferdinand d´Este´s children. F. F. d´Este was the heir to the Austro-hungarian throne. Cimrman wrote him an inaugural speech.

10. Cimrman tried to assassinate František Josef I., but he wasn´t successful. At assassinate doppelgangers were discovered of F.F. d´Este and František Josef I and F.F. d´Este released Cimrman.

11. Cimrman started to write theatre plays and he played them with his acters collegues. The most popular theatre play is Vichr z hor (Wind from mountains).

12. He went to Liptákov village. He was the teacher of his sister, but she died. Cimrman started to teach in a small village school.

13. In 1914 Jára Cimrman left the village Liptákov and after that nobody saw him……