The peculiar Fanoš Mikulecký is the originator of many well-known songs from Podluží, generally considered folk songs. Next to him, the other main protagonist of the story is Honza, a musician and an uneducated journalism student. On one of his journeys he meets his former professor. He suggests that together they visit one of those who compose folk songs but do not claim authorship, Fanoš Mikulecký. With him, Honza understands the meaning of artistic creation and the fulfilment of human life...
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Cast
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Josef Kemr
Fanoš Hřebačka-Mikulecký
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Marketa Lazarová
Jan Hartl
Honza
Known for
Little Otik
My Sweet Little Village
Lenka Sedláčková
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Radovan Lukavský
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The Little Mermaid
Ikarie XB 1
Svatopluk Skopal
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Oldřich Navrátil
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Zdeněk Blažek
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Hříšní lidé města pražského
Mnislav Hofmann
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The Nun's Night
The Visitors
Václav Babka
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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
When the Cat Comes
Lubomír Kostelka
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Helena Trýbová
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Míček Flíček
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Miroslav Zounar
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Sanitka
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Jaromil Jireš Director · Vladimír Merta Screenplay Zdeněk Pololáník Composer
First release June 4, 1982 · Produced in XC · Working title Mikulecké pole
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Filmové studio Barrandov
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XC
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Mikulecké pole · Smrtka na bílém koni
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Original language
Czech
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Czech
Release dates
XC · June 4, 1982
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