Directed by:
Zdeněk ZelenkaScreenplay:
Zdeněk ZelenkaCinematography:
Pavel BerkovičComposer:
Jiří ŠkorpíkCast:
Viktor Preiss, Jiřina Bohdalová, Jan Hrušínský, Veronika Khek Kubařová, František Skopal, Martin Dejdar, Radek Holub, Miroslav Táborský, Miroslav Vladyka (more)Plots(1)
One night, the drifter Vojta discovers an underground treasure guarded by a mysterious spirit. He flees, but he manages to stuff a few gold coins and a small tinderbox into his pocket. He loses this money in a pub, but there he learns of a beautiful princess who never leaves the castle. When he eventually uses the tinderbox, he inadvertently summons the spirit, who must now serve him. At Vojta's command, the ghost brings the sleeping princess to him in the night and Vojta immediately falls in love. He can think of nothing other than the princess. The ghost is eager to help as he's grown fond of Vojta; being with him shows him how he had wasted his former life. But when a greedy court lady discovers the secret of the tinderbox and steals it. Now Vojta finds himself in danger, from which only the princess can help. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Viktor Preiss
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Scapinova šibalství (1980) (TV movie)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)
Jan Hrušínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Veronika Khek Kubařová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Elegance molekuly (2024) (theatrical recording)
Vzkříšení (2018) (theatrical recording)
Každý má svou pravdu (2023) (theatrical recording)
František Skopal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nepolepšitelný (2009) (TV movie)
Zasaženi bleskem (2009) (TV movie)
Ach, ty vraždy! (2010) (series)
Martin Dejdar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silent Pain (1990)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
Radek Holub
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Cow (1993)
Dámský krejčí (2012) (theatrical recording)
Miroslav Táborský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Kolya (1996)
Miroslav Vladyka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
Vladimír Javorský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Koncert V... (1990) (theatrical recording)
Oldřich Vlach
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Filip Antonio
Czech Republic
Best movies:
In the Shadow (2012)
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
Rašín (2018) (TV movie)
Jonáš Zima
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Oktopus (2023) (series)
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The Gracious Ghost (2013) (TV movie)
Arnošt Goldflam
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Millennial Bee (1983)
The Inheritance (1992)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Jiří Schwarz
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Jaroslav Sypal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ruffiano and Sweeteeth (1996)
She Kept Asking for the Moon (1982)
Klauni a vlastenci (1991) (TV movie)
Václav Knop
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cutting It Short (1980)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Miroslav Šnajdr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
Rédl (2018) (series)
I ve smrti sami (2004) (TV movie)
Dušan Kollár
Best movies:
Jesus Christ Superstar (2005) (theatrical recording)
Galileo (2007) (theatrical recording)
Južná pošta (1987)
Martin Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Oktopus (2023) (series)
Kanadská noc (2008) (TV movie)