Arabela (1979– )

Nowadays an almost legendary Czech TV series very successfully mixing two worlds: the world of ours and the world of fairy tales. Princess Arabela, the daughter of the Fairy King escapes ... See full summary »

Stars:

Vladimír Mensík, Stella Zázvorková, Jirí Lábus

Cast

Series cast summary:
Vladimír Mensík	...	Karel Majer (13 episodes, 1979)
Stella Zázvorková	...	Mrs. Majerová (13 episodes, 1979)
Jirí Lábus	...	Rumburak (13 episodes, 1979)
Alena Karesová	...	Narrator (13 episodes, 1979)
Jana Nagyová	...	Princess Arabela (13 episodes, 1979)
Veronika Tyblová	...	Margret Hermannová (13 episodes, 1979)
Vladimír Dlouhý	...	Petr Majer (12 episodes, 1979)
Jana Brejchová	...	Fairy Queen (12 episodes, 1979)
Vlastimil Brodský	...	Fairy King (12 episodes, 1979)
Ondrej Kepka	...	Honzík Majer (12 episodes, 1979)
Jirí Sovák	...	Wizard Vigo (12 episodes, 1979)
Dagmar Patrasová	...	Princess Xenie (10 episodes, 1979)
Frantisek Filipovský	...	Stunk (8 episodes, 1979)
Jirí Hrzán	...	TV assistant Gros (8 episodes, 1979)
Petr Svojtka	...	Petr's Alienist (8 episodes, 1979)
Jirí Kodet	...	Director Novak (7 episodes, 1979)
Oldrich Vízner	...	Prince Willibald (7 episodes, 1979)
Jana Andresíková	...	Witch (6 episodes, 1979)
Iva Janzurová	...	Miss Müllerová (6 episodes, 1979)
Josef Vetrovec	...	Head Physician (6 episodes, 1979)
Ladislav Zupanic	...	Majer's neighbour (6 episodes, 1979)

Storyline

Nowadays an almost legendary Czech TV series very successfully mixing two worlds: the world of ours and the world of fairy tales. Princess Arabela, the daughter of the Fairy King escapes before the revenge of a cunning and conceitful magician Rumburak and leaves the world of fairy tales. She meets Petr Majer in the world of ours and falls in love with him. Spells, a magic ring, the bowl of seeing, a flying suitcase and magic things play a very important role in the series.

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Plot Keywords:

fairy tale

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Also Known As:

De sprookjesbruid

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ceskoslovenská Televize, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (13 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 2013, Václav Vorlícek was asked to direct an upcoming remake of the series for German television with all-German cast. He refused.

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Connections

Followed by Arabela se vrací (1993)

User Reviews

The DVD, Please!!!!

This is a wonderful series that I remember from my childhood. Magic is the word here. All the actors are great but I especially remember Vladimir Mensik. Let's have the DVD now - with English subtitles please!