The Prince and the Evening Star

Princ a Večernice

Czechoslovakia

1979

86 Min

Color

Czech

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SCR Jirí Brdecka, Karel Jaromír Erben

CAST Vladimír Menšík, Juraj Ďurdiak, Libuse Safránková, Radoslav Brzobohatý, František Filipovský, Julie Jurištová, Zlata Adamovská, Ivana Andrlová, Oldřich Táborský, Alexej Okuněv, Petr Svoboda, Cestmír Randa, Vladimír Krška, Rudolf Jelínek, Václav Lohniský, Jirí Lír, Karel Augusta, Ladislav Trojan, Viktor Maurer, Ladislav Brothánek, Milos Vavruska

Prince Velen falls in love with the beautiful Evening Star and ask her for husbands for his sisters. They will marry the Evening Star’s brothers, Lords of the Sun, Moon and Wind. However, the Evening Star is captured by sorcerer Mrakomor, the Lord of Rain, who wants to marry her. Velen must undertake a dangerous journey to Mrakomor’s castle and save his beloved Evening Star with the help of her brothers. —ospage2000.ic.cz

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