Directed by:
Jan NěmecScreenplay:
Jan NěmecCinematography:
Jiří MacháněComposer:
Jan Hammer Jr.Cast:
Ivana Chýlková, Vilém Čok, Bolek Polívka, Jiří Bartoška, Josef Abrhám, Pavel Landovský, Miloš Stránský, Izabela Schenková, Jiří Reichel, Jiří Vondráček (more)Plots(1)
The marriage between an eccentric prince and a diabolical cleaning lady leads to debauch in the royal family. This adaptation of Ladislav Klíma's novel mixes the imagined past and the realities of Prague after the Velvet Revolution. Featuring all kinds of madness, it is a sarcastic phantasmagoria with a touch of pure anarchy. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Ivana Chýlková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Inheritance (1992)
Maska a tvář (2005) (theatrical recording)
BrainStorm (2008) (TV movie)
Vilém Čok
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hity 89 (1989) (concert)
Obraz Doriana Graye (2010) (theatrical recording)
Michael Kocáb 70 (2024) (concert)
Bolek Polívka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Jiří Bartoška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Pavel Landovský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Adelheid (1969)
Miloš Stránský
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Radůza a osud Anity Garibaldi (2018) (concert)
Jak se budí princezny (1977)
Izabela Schenková
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Agentura Puzzle (2004) (series)
Romance o vodníkovi (1989) (TV movie)
The Flames of Royal Love (1990)
Jiří Reichel
Best movies:
Martyrs of Love (1966)
We sang "Arizona" (1964)
The Flames of Royal Love (1990)
Jiří Vondráček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Virginity and Prison (1969)
Dolina (1973)
Angolský deník lékařky (1984) (TV movie)
Vladimír Pospíšil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Jan Pokorný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kanárek (1999)
The Flames of Royal Love (1990)
Václav Vodák
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Party and the Guests (1966)
Gaston Šubert
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Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Zámek v Čechách (1993) (TV movie)
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Jana Pragerová
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Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový (1980)
Požáry a spáleniště (1980)
Karel Štědrý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
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A Night at Karlstein (1973)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Karel Greif
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Best movies:
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Vladimír Hrabánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jana Andresíková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Joke (1968)
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)