A historical film that takes place on the eve of the thirty year war combines aspects of fairy-tales with historical dramas, fencing with a child heroes who find themselves in great dangers. We are in the year 1611 and mercenaries that had previously invaded Czech lands now have to withdraw before the Hungarian king's army. In this chaos a magical bottle, that fulfills the owner one single wish, appears among some fugitives - however after the fulfillment it has to be sold for half it's price to a new owner. The director Ludvík Ráža has created an attractive and surprisingly cruel film aimed not only at young viewers.
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Michaela Kudláčková Ivan Vyskočil Bruno O'Ya Luděk Munzar Josef Karlík Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová Jiří Holý Petr Haničinec Martin Růžek Boris Rösner Petr Oliva Ota Sklenčka Josef Somr Zdeněk Srstka Miroslav Moravec Augustín Kubán Jan Teplý Václav Vydra Ladislav Trojan Oldřich Velen Jaromír Crha Jiřina Bílá Václav Kotva Jaroslava Pokorná Roman Hájek Miloslav Homola Antonín Jedlička Karel Texel Jaroslav Luks Jiří Klem Vlado Müller Václav Kaňkovský
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