The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.
Swordsman
Герой народной сказки является молодой принц, который после смерти родителей, отправился путешествовать. В своем путешествии узнал магию лошади, и встретился с прекрасной принцессой Slavěna. По совету своей лошади закрыл повязкой один глаз, и устроился в замок, где жила принцесса, садовником. Сказал принц, что зовут его Баяя. Но однажды появился дракон, и сказал, чтобы ему в жёны отдали принцессу, или он уничтожит целое королевство. Принц Bajaja одел броню на себя и своего коня, и поехал спасать принцессу. Он спас принцессу, но с поля битвы уехал не узнанным. Об этом узнал Черный рыцарь, и под угрозой применения силы взял клятву, что тот, кто спасёт принцессу, станет её мужем. Победу принца Баяя выдал за свою…
The young Prince Charles (Jaromír Hanzlík), the future King of his country Charles IV, is being educated at the French court in the company of his fiancée Blanche (Daniela Kolárová). One day he receives a summons from his father John of Luxembourg (Milos Kopecký) in Italy. He leaves for Italy accompanied by a deputation from Bohemia. On the way the prince's company fights a battle with armed Milanese against heavy odds. Thanks to Charles's perspicacity, the prince's almost naked soldiers win through. In Lucca in Italy Charles joins his father, and here he experiences an amorous adventure and escapes from the traps laid by the Italian rebels.
This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule. Situating the story at the close of the Thirty Year War enabled the depiction of the misery of the people that affects even an impoverished aristocratic milieu. Rudolf Hrušínský appears here in the role of an indecisive knight, persuaded for a long time and in vain to join the anti-Habsburg movement. The story does not only captivate through the depiction of manifold human characters, intrigues and sycophancy, but also through the circumstances ruling over the devastated farmstead, sunk in mud and crudeness. One of the best films with an updating tendency has come into being here, rightly being named along the such greats as Kladivo na čarodějnice (Witches' Hammer).
