A host of actors in the classic national fairy tale by A. Jirásek. Jirásek's "Lucerna" is the best-known and most performed of his plays. It was also used by television producers. In the second half of the 1960s, a successful transcription was created with a remarkably well-captured atmosphere of the realistic-fairytale motif of the original. The film captures the acting mastery of Jan Pivec in the role of the castle's headmaster, the musicians played by Bohuš Záhorský and Vladimír Menšík, Zdeněk Štěpánek and Josef Kemr in the roles of the watermen Ivan and Michal. The television version of Lucerna premiered on Christmas Eve 1967, and each rerun only confirms that it is an excellent production.
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Vlasta Fialová
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Divá Bára
DS-70 nevyjíždí
Jan Pivec
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F. L. Věk
Jan Hus
Radoslav Brzobohatý
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The Ear
Radovan Lukavský
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The Little Mermaid
Ikarie XB 1
Leopolda Dostalová
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Její pastorkyně
Okouzlená
Vítězslav Vejražka
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The Devil's Trap
Princ a chuďas
Jaroslava Obermaierová
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Happy End
Witchhammer
Svatopluk Beneš
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I Dutifully Report
A Prague Underworld
Bohuš Záhorský
Known for
Happy End
Lemonade Joe
Rudolf Deyl
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Lemonade Joe
Ikarie XB 1
Vladimír Menšík
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Loves of a Blonde
Happy End
Iva Janžurová
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Morgiana
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
František Filip Director · Alois Jirásek Author Jiří Srnka Composer
First release December 24, 1967 · Produced in XC
Production
Československá televize Praha
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XC
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Original language
Czech
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Czech
Release dates
XC · December 24, 1967
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No release date listed for United States.
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