Jak se budí princezny

Czechoslovakia, East Germany

1977

83 Min

Color

Czech

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Jiří Sovák, Vladimír Menšík, Milena Dvorská, František Filipovský, Marie Horáková, Jan Kraus, Oldrich Velen, Jan Hrusínský, Stella Zázvorková, Libuse Svormová, Václav Postránecký, Marie Brožová, Vlastimil Hasek, Evelyna Steimarová, Milos Vavruska, Jirí Lír, Miroslava Hozová, Marie Crhová, Pavla Marsálková, Lubomíra Willigová, Jana Bittlová

The young princess’ story is quite similar to her father’s: she does not fall in love with the partner chosen for her, but with the younger brother. But the beautiful princess Rosa does not know that because of her father’s love for Rosa’s mother there is a spell upon her. It was cast right after Rosa’s birth by the queen’s older sister, full of hatred and jealousy that the king fell in love with her younger sister. And now Rosa loves prince Jaroslav and not his older bother, the show-off Georg. The consequence of this love: the whole kingdom falls victim to the spell. The Czech version of Cinderella. —progress film

Director

Václav Vorlíček

Václav Vorlíček (b. 1930, Prague) graduated in direction in 1956 from Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU). He began directing on his own at the beginning of the sixties, gaining greatest popularity and recognition in the comedy and fairy-tale genres. He has often worked with author and screenwriter Miloš Macourek and their cooperation has produced a number of successful titles which generally pit the fantastic world of special effects against the reality of contemporary life. Filmography (selected): Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966), Mr. Foustka’s Dog Spells Trouble for Agent W4C (1967), “Sir, You’re a Widow!” (1970), The Girl on the Broomstick (1971), Three Nuts for Cinderella (1973), How to Drown Dr. Mráček, or The End of Water Sprites in Bohemia (1974), How About Some Spinach? (1977), The Prince and Evening Star (1978), Rumburak (1984), The Magic Pouch (1996), The Firebird (1997), Queen of the Lake (1998), The Falcon King (2000). Václav Vorlíček’s films have often been honoured at both domestic… read more