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Adriana Tarábková | ... | princezna Anna | |
Lukás Vaculík | ... | král Michal / zebrák | |
Maria Schell | ... | královna, Michalova matka | |
Gerhard Olschewski | ... | král Matú, Annin otec | |
Marián Labuda | ... | Principál, zalárník | |
Bronislav Poloczek | ... | Správce, nápadník | |
Zita Furková | ... | Herecka / kucharka | |
Ludovít Króner | ... | Trpaslík, vezen (as Ludvik Kroner) | |
Lubomír Kostelka | ... | Prevozník, strázce | |
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Peter Bzdúch | ... | Strázce, medvedár |
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Peter Simun | ... | Nápadník, malír |
Frantisek Kovár | ... | Astronom, strázce | |
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Ladislav Konrád | ... | Herec - strázník |
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Daniel Králik | ... | ceremoniár u krále Michala |
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Vlado Cerný | ... | Velitel stráze |
A fairy-tale about a beautiful but very haughty princess Anna who cruelly mocks each of her suitors. Finally she is forced by the king to marry a beggar. The poor life, hard work and love teach the princess a lesson and turn her into a loving and kind person. Written by Michael
König Drosselbart (or as it called in Czechoslovakia: "Kral Drozdi Brada") is based on the fairy-tale of the same name by the Grimm-brothers. The story itself is of course not as famous as some of the other Grimm-tales, but that does not make it less enjoyable. König Drosselbart is a very entertaining movie for everyone who likes old-fashioned fairy-tales. König Drosselbart is a Czech- and German production. Their approach is of course not the same as Hollywood, but that's what makes this movie somewhat special. It really is a very simple story and is very easily made. That is what I liked about this movie. I didn't want to see a big-budget version, but a very plain somewhat old-fashion approach such as this. The two leading characters, princess Anna and prince Michal are very well portrayed by the beautiful Adriana Tarabkova and Lukas Vaculik. Also the art-direction is beautiful and the medieval music is very effective. A good adaptation.