The Golden Fern
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Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.
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Vít Olmer
Jura
Known for
The Bridge at Remagen
Beauty and the Beast
Dana Smutná
General's Daughter
Also in
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
The Coward
Jiří Weiss
Also in
That Kind of Love
Jan Drda
Karla Chadimová
Lesanka
Also in
Salto Mortale
The Seventh Continent
Daniela Smutná
Generálova dcera
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Matěj
Known for
The Ear
Zdeněk Braunschläger
Martin
Also in
The Bridge at Remagen
Dobrodružství šesti trampů
František Smolík
General
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
Čestmír Řanda
Known for
Witchhammer
Otomar Krejča
Also in
Distant Journey
Man in Outer Space
Jaroslav Vojta
Also in
The Hordubals
The Comedian's Princess
Jiří Weiss Director · Otomar Krejča Screenplay Jan Drda Story
First release August 29, 1963 · Produced in XC · Production Československý Státní Film
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Československý Státní Film
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XC
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Original title
Zlaté kapradí
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Italy · August 29, 1963
Theatrical
XC · November 22, 1963
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
December 18, 1963 · TV premiere
Czechia
November 22, 1963
Germany
March 13, 1964 · Theatrical · Kino der DDR
Netherlands
March 11, 1965
Russia
February 15, 1965 · Theatrical
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