The Magpie in the Wisp
Drama | Mystery
Release Date
February 1, 1991
Duration
96 min
Status
Released
Language
cs
Overview
In the film, the creative forces of personalities from three spheres of art collide. The subtitle "The Game of Love and Hate" refers to the motivation of an old Czech medieval satire, the theme belongs to Antonín Přidal, an expert on this subject. His collaboration with Juraj Herz created a collage of past and present, an updated, sharp satire and a parable about the clash of human qualities that could not but end up in the vault. The music of the Prague Selection - Michael Kocáb and Michal Pavlíček - also contributed to the film's offensive provocativeness - the film was one of the reasons for their complete move to the underground. The dancing chorus of medieval citizens resembles more of a jumble of long-haired maniacs, the edge of a contemporary dump intrudes into the space of a medieval marketplace, and the characters oscillate between the past and the present, whether in their appearance, symbolism or behaviour.
Casts
Straka
Györgyi Tarján
Anděla
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Moneylender
Leoš Suchařípa
Rubín
Jan Hrušínský
Severín
Boris Rösner
Student
Karel Heřmánek
Zjizvenec
Vladimír Hauser
Nosatec
Miroslav Donutil
Actor - Son
Boris Hybner
Actor - Grandson
Ivan Podobský
Actor - Grandfather
Frank Towen
Robber Knight Zima
Václav Kovařík
Mystery - Angel
Kateřina Burianová
Mystery - Girl
Dana Balounová
Mystery - Death
Marie Spurná
Mystery - Nun
Ivana Vávrová
Mystery - Prostitute
Zuzana Hodková
Mystery - Jester
Tomáš Töpfer
Mystery - Devil
Václav Knop
Mystery - Executioner / Mystery - Heir
Alexej Okuněv
Mystery - King
Ivan Rajmont
Mystery - Fool
Luděk Čtvrtlík
Mystery - Monk
Pavel Rímský
Tavern Keeper
Gabriela Wilhelmová
Groom
Rostislav Novák
Drummer
Oskar Hák
Jeweller
Jiří Knot
Wench / Prostitute
Hana Militká
Debtor
Jaroslav Malík ml.
Student
Oldřich Navrátil
Heir
Radan Rusev
Young Man
Rudolf Stärz
Dagmar Benešlová
E. Formánková
J. Garaiová
V. Hrabaňová
Jana Pavlátová
M. Strinčáková
I. Dubský
M. Kobal
J. Kadeřábek
Richard Kraus
J. Kukal
A. Mucha
V. Prajzler
A. Šístek
P. Vrága
Jiří Vnouček
Miroslav Vránek
T. Zetek
Jan Cmíral
J. Dobeš
J. Doubrava
G. Dörnerová
Soňa Dvořáková
Eva Hlaváčková
Eva Hořánková
Eva Jeníčková
Pavel Linhart
Karel Lupoměský
Mirko Musil
Olga Michálková
Ivana Mervartová
René Netopilík
Bedřich Prokůpek
P. Rejzek
Hana Sudolská
Julie Soukupová
Jelena Juklová
Karel Vaněk
Pavel Vangeli
Antonín Novotný
Jaroslav Tomsa
Priest
Pavel Havránek
T. Benešová
M. Grušová
Pavla Michálková
Eva Machová
K. Pavlíková-Preislerová
M. Polášková
J. Šišková
M. Vavřincová
Miroslava Vydrová
Arjana Shameti
Lucie Stropnická
H. Šalátová
A. Šviha
Nina Vangeli
Zdena Pojezdná
Petr Vacek
Vladimír Hulec
Pavel Marek
J. Vančura
Musician
Vilém Čok
Musician
Jiří Hrubeš
Musician
Michael Kocáb
Musician
Michal Pavlíček
Straka (voice)
Dana Bartůňková
Actor - Grandson (voice)
Jiří Prager
Actor - Grandfather (voice)
Dalimil Klapka
Priest (voice)
Miloslav Štibich
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