Directed by:
Jaromír PleskotComposer:
Jan F. FischerCast:
Ladislav Pešek, Josef Beyvl, František Smolík, Renata Borová, Miroslav Fišák, Aleš Košnar, Irena Pejšková, Petra Pleskotová, D. Strudlová, Věra Motyčková (more)Plots(1)
A poor musician with a horde of hungry children at home sets off into the world to look for work. He is wandering through the country until he reaches a pub where, just at that moment, they are celebrating a village fair. The musician plays to the visitors but the publican rewards him with only a piece of old bread for his performance. An elderly magician takes pity on the musician and presents him with a magical table-napkin which serves delicacies all by itself and a little donkey from which ducats are pouring. On the way home, the musician stops at the same pub and good-naturedly displays the magic gifts. But the dishonest publican exchanges them for ordinary ones. At home, the musician disappoints the entire family: the table-napkin doesn't serve any food and not even a copper coin falls out of the donkey. The poor man realizes who robbed him off the old man's gifts. He goes back with another old magician's gift - a stick. The stick gives the owner a good thrashing and the greedy man readily returns everything. On his return home, the musician makes a feast for the entire village. The old man ascends to the sky to look around and see if anybody needs his help. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ladislav Pešek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268712_8f9466.jpg)
Ladislav Pešek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Tři na lavičce (1978) (TV movie)
![Josef Beyvl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/057/164057035_abaf60.jpg)
Josef Beyvl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
![František Smolík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270440_1d0546.jpg)
František Smolík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Renata Borová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
Královský omyl (1968)
Holiday with Angel (1952)
Miroslav Fišák
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
![Aleš Košnar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/150/678/150678516_8eed88.jpg)
Aleš Košnar
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
School for Fathers (1957)
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
A 105 p. c. Alibi (1959)
Irena Pejšková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
A Report on the Party and Guests (1966)
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
Crime in the Night Club (1968)
Petra Pleskotová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
The Girl Robinson Crusoe (1956)
D. Strudlová
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
![Věra Motyčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/496/166496501_aa707a.jpg)
Věra Motyčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
The Girl Robinson Crusoe (1956)
Nikola Šuhaj (1947)
Šárka Smetanová
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
![Eman Fiala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268861_ebd14e.jpg)
Eman Fiala
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Josef Hlinomaz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268635_bd9592.jpg)
Josef Hlinomaz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Vladimír Jedenáctík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275712_f2ca6f.jpg)
Vladimír Jedenáctík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Oil Lamps (1971)
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
![Josef Příhoda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274555_7c02a2.jpg)
Josef Příhoda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Josef Steigl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275468_31372b.jpg)
Josef Steigl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Conscience (1948)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
František Partyngl
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
Bohumil Vild
Best movies:
Conscience (1948)
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
Pětistovka (1949)
Věra Benšová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Princess with the Golden Star (1959)
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)
The Strakonice Bagpiper (1955)
F. Kuchař
Best movies:
Stick, Stick, Start Beating! (1955)