Writing

Irena Šlapáková

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8 titles

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Young Bětuška has no idea that her mother, Maxa the herbalist, practices witchcraft. Maxa's friends find it strange that pretty Bětuška has never fallen in love. They discover that her cautious mother protects her from young men with a branch of honeysuckle, so they steal it from under Bětuška's pillow. Bětuška falls in love with the young blacksmith Martin, but it is not easy for her. Her chosen one has signed himself over to hell...

Kouzelný bolehoj

1997

O princi Truhlíkovi poster
NR

We are familiar with spoiled only children in everyday life. But even in fairy tales, we find princes who are showered with excessive care by their royal parents from morning till night. If he weren't a smart and likable boy at heart, he would probably remain a royal darling forever. Fortunately, he stood on his own two feet in time, and he did well.

O princi Truhlíkovi

1996

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NR

One day, young Tom found a whistle at home and enjoyed playing it. He couldn't understand why his mother took it away from him in anger and threw it away. Tom didn't know that the whistle was the only thing his mother had left from his father, the god Cernunnos, who had abandoned her. The embittered Tom leaves home, and so begins a series of adventures, at the end of which he not only saves the country from invasion by Danish troops and wins the hand of his beloved, Princess Olwen, but also finds his father.

Tom v kozí kůži

1999

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Clumsy as an elephant and long as a perch, one day she becomes Princess Felicia, called Feliška. Who's involved? The wicked and envious witch Vranimura, who does not wish the princess a handsome noble groom and bewitches Felice's feet. Thanks to her witchcraft skills, Vranimura charms the prince for a while, but brave Feliška is not so easily deprived of her beloved suitor...

Princezna Slonbidlo

1990

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Young Mordechai Mayzl has long been in love with Sarah, the daughter of the Prague chief rabbi of the Jewish community. But Mordechai is very poor, so he can only dream of marrying the girl he loves. Or rely on a miracle. Fortunately, in the Rudolfine era in which our heroes lived, magic and miracles abounded. And so it happened that the miserly primate, on one of his returns from a business trip, stumbled upon the coveted golden treasure in the forest. What the primate's greed causes and the intricate paths the treasure takes to reach its rightful owner are told in this fairy tale, which was filmed based on a story by E. Petiška.

O zlatém pokladu

1994

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6.0

Princess Žalmila is called the Owl of Noodles because she sheds rivers of tears. When the wizard Zlosos learns of her tearfulness, he is delighted. His power grows with the flow of human tears. It is therefore no surprise that Princess Žalmila mysteriously disappears from her home castle one day. At the request of her mother, Queen Trudmila, the benevolent king of the neighboring kingdom, Bertrand, promises to try to find her. However, he is not eager to join the search. He has many concerns about the welfare of his own country and must also face the intrigues of the power-hungry Marshal Osmond. Nevertheless, he eventually meets the princess...

Sůva z nudlí

2006

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Young Bětuška has no idea that her mother, Maxa the herbalist, practices witchcraft. Maxa's friends find it strange that pretty Bětuška has never fallen in love. They discover that her cautious mother protects her from young men with a branch of honeysuckle, so they steal it from under Bětuška's pillow. Bětuška falls in love with the young blacksmith Martin, but it is not easy for her. Her chosen one has signed himself over to hell...

Kouzelný bolehoj

1997

O princi Truhlíkovi poster
NR

We are familiar with spoiled only children in everyday life. But even in fairy tales, we find princes who are showered with excessive care by their royal parents from morning till night. If he weren't a smart and likable boy at heart, he would probably remain a royal darling forever. Fortunately, he stood on his own two feet in time, and he did well.

O princi Truhlíkovi

1996

No artwork available
NR

One day, young Tom found a whistle at home and enjoyed playing it. He couldn't understand why his mother took it away from him in anger and threw it away. Tom didn't know that the whistle was the only thing his mother had left from his father, the god Cernunnos, who had abandoned her. The embittered Tom leaves home, and so begins a series of adventures, at the end of which he not only saves the country from invasion by Danish troops and wins the hand of his beloved, Princess Olwen, but also finds his father.

Tom v kozí kůži

1999

No artwork available
NR

Clumsy as an elephant and long as a perch, one day she becomes Princess Felicia, called Feliška. Who's involved? The wicked and envious witch Vranimura, who does not wish the princess a handsome noble groom and bewitches Felice's feet. Thanks to her witchcraft skills, Vranimura charms the prince for a while, but brave Feliška is not so easily deprived of her beloved suitor...

Princezna Slonbidlo

1990

No artwork available
NR

Young Mordechai Mayzl has long been in love with Sarah, the daughter of the Prague chief rabbi of the Jewish community. But Mordechai is very poor, so he can only dream of marrying the girl he loves. Or rely on a miracle. Fortunately, in the Rudolfine era in which our heroes lived, magic and miracles abounded. And so it happened that the miserly primate, on one of his returns from a business trip, stumbled upon the coveted golden treasure in the forest. What the primate's greed causes and the intricate paths the treasure takes to reach its rightful owner are told in this fairy tale, which was filmed based on a story by E. Petiška.

O zlatém pokladu

1994

No artwork available
6.0

Princess Žalmila is called the Owl of Noodles because she sheds rivers of tears. When the wizard Zlosos learns of her tearfulness, he is delighted. His power grows with the flow of human tears. It is therefore no surprise that Princess Žalmila mysteriously disappears from her home castle one day. At the request of her mother, Queen Trudmila, the benevolent king of the neighboring kingdom, Bertrand, promises to try to find her. However, he is not eager to join the search. He has many concerns about the welfare of his own country and must also face the intrigues of the power-hungry Marshal Osmond. Nevertheless, he eventually meets the princess...

Sůva z nudlí

2006

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3.5

Based on Simona Monyová's famous bestseller. Two men and one woman in a comedic love triangle story where men definitely don't win. The central theme of the film is complicated relationships between people, selfishness, and obsession. The main character is a successful psychologist in the midst of a midlife crisis. His story is an ironic and bizarre example of how a secret lover of his best friend can complicate a person's life. In an effort to help his friend with his relationship problems, the main character unleashes such a torrent of events that nothing in his life remains the same.

Roznese tě na kopytech

2013

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NR

A romantic fairy tale about a disobedient princess who stopped having bad luck when she realized that she alone was the architect of her own destiny.

O svatební krajce

2003