Directed by:
Zdeněk ZelenkaScreenplay:
Zdeněk ZelenkaCinematography:
Viktor RůžičkaComposer:
Jiří SvobodaCast:
Jiřina Bohdalová, Jaromír Hanzlík, Barbora Bobuľová, Filip Blažek, Petr Kostka, Ivan Vyskočil, Oldřich Vlach, Libuše Šafránková, Eduard Cupák, Petr Nárožný (more)Plots(1)
Zdeněk Zelenka's big-production fairy tale is based on the story 'Intelligence and Luck' by Karel Jaromír Erben. The filmmakers spice up the conflict between these two personifications by adding a third: Envy (played by Jiřina Bohdalová). The film tells the story of a country boy named Matěj who suddenly 'gains his wits' and asks for the princess's hand, at the same time her royal father has been deprived of reason. (official distributor synopsis)
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