There Was Once a King...
Byl jednou jeden král...
1955, Film, 107 min, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Czech, 0, MoviePedia score 71
A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.
Directed by Bořivoj Zeman
Cast
- Jan Werich as King Já I. ("Myself, First")
- Vlasta Burian as radce Atakdále ('Et cetera')
- Irena Kacírková as princezna Drahomíra
- Stella Májová as princezna Zpevanka
- Milena Dvorská as princezna Maruska
- František Černý as Kuchar
- Lubomír Lipský as princ chrabrý - syn Deloslava VIII.
- Miroslav Horníček as princ krásný - syn Alabastra XVI.
- Miloš Kopecký as Princ chytrý
- Terezie Brzková as Starenka korenárka
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