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)
(more)Cast
![Jiřina Bohdalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281477_f09307.jpg)
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)
![Jaromír Hanzlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/381/161381822_6dd797.jpg)
Jaromír Hanzlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
![Barbora Bobuľová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/102/161102322_4aa8d1.jpg)
Barbora Bobuľová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (2000) (TV movie)
Immaturi (2011)
San Paolo (2000) (TV movie)
![Filip Blažek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098821_2a70a7.jpg)
Filip Blažek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Lakomec (2003) (TV movie)
Manželka Ronalda Sheldona (2001) (TV movie)
![Petr Kostka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268565_4a148b.jpg)
Petr Kostka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
![Ivan Vyskočil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/468/159468467_f35f2b.jpg)
Ivan Vyskočil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Oldřich Vlach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294258_8f2f7e.jpg)
Oldřich Vlach
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
![Libuše Šafránková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/857/164857464_f45c0c.jpg)
Libuše Šafránková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
![Eduard Cupák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271615_d71dc9.jpg)
Eduard Cupák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Petr Nárožný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268138_7fbd89.jpg)
Petr Nárožný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
To nejlepší z Rangers-Plavců 1967-1973 I. (2013) (music video)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Naďa Konvalinková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268386_7600a2.jpg)
Naďa Konvalinková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Noc pastýřů (1993) (TV movie)
![Jiří Lábus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281474_2f1844.jpg)
Jiří Lábus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
![Jan Přeučil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268629_b07711.jpg)
Jan Přeučil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
![Jaroslav Kepka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268667_bee234.jpg)
Jaroslav Kepka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Královská hra (1980) (TV movie)
![Viktor Maurer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271510_73a257.jpg)
Viktor Maurer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Men About Town (1969)
![Luba Skořepová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647181_394c1a.jpg)
Luba Skořepová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Higher Principle (1960)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Stanislav Fišer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/398/166398882_c9f80f.jpg)
Stanislav Fišer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
![Alena Karešová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268222_949a70.jpg)
Alena Karešová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Zámek v Čechách (1993) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
![Otto Lackovič](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268646_e080c4.jpg)
Otto Lackovič
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
Daniel Weisner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Immortal Aunt (1993)