Regie:
Otakar VávraKamera:
Jan RothBesetzung:
Zdeněk Štěpánek, Ladislav Pešek, Václav Vydra st., Helena Friedlová, František Smolík, Jiřina Šejbalová, Theodor Pištěk, Antonie Nedošinská (mehr)Inhalte(1)
In 1590 Kutná Hora is a wealthy and important town. Silver is mined, coins are minted, and the town is the seat of the chief master of the mint. But the lust for wealth has lured many foreigners and crooks to the town. Their swindling has lowered revenues from the mines and it is the miners who bear the burden of economising measures. When miner Jakub protests against this in public, he is arrested and condemned to death. Knight Mikuláš Dačický then arrives in the town, a cultivated man and poet but also a great profligate and lover of beautiful women. The alchemist Wolfram persuades the aldermen to give him money in return for a promise to produce a great quantity of silver. Mikuláš urges the honourable citizens to expell the swindling thieves and aliens. The aldermen, concerned for the virtue of their wives and daughters, take advantage of this and accuse Mikuláš of witchcraft. Emperor Rudolf II, who judges the case, takes kindly to Mikuláš and grants him safe-conduct out of Prague. Mikuláš returns to Kutná Hora just in time to save Jakub's life and to expose Wolfram as a trickster who was trying to sneak away with the aldermen's money. (Verleiher-Text)
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It's not as pithy as the later The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice. But Adina’s cleavage! :) Other notable observations include the fact that the Guild is so overflowing with acting aces that even the much-celebrated Happy Journey pales beside it.
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Den Film macht zu einem großen Erlebnis vor allem die einzigartige Schauspielleistung von Zdeněk Štěpánek. Manch einer Bohemien würde heutzutage vor Neid erblassen, wenn er das sehen würde. Der Rest der Besetzung ist auch sensationell (wenn Theodor Pištěk und Antonie Nedošínská ein Ehepaar spielen, ist es immer lustig; dann gibt es noch den herrlich verwirrten František Smolík, das leichte Mädchen Adina Mandlová oder Jaroslav Vojta, der die ganze Zeit nur trinkt). Das Drehbuch ist zum Glück eher witzig als satirisch. Die Kostüme und die Kulissen sehen wunderschön aus. Mit diesem Film habe ich kein Problem.
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The movie, which is interesting not only because it is a successful comedy, but also because it was filmed very well and skillfully from a historical perspective, and you really feel like you have been transported to a completely different era. Otakar Vávra undoubtedly had a sense for various genres, which he demonstrated here in a kind, entertaining, and socially critical manner.
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