Animation / Puppet / Historical
Czechoslovakia,
1952, 91 min
(Alternative: 80 min)
Directed by:
Jiří TrnkaComposer:
Václav TrojanCast:
Růžena Nasková, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Eduard Kohout, Václav Vydra st., Karel Höger, Otomar Krejča st.Plots(1)
Stories from pagan antiquity - about forefather Czech, Bivoj, Libuše and Přemysl, The Girls War, Horymír, Čestmíri, and about fighting against the Lukanians - brought to life based on themes from the same-named literary work by Alois Jirásek. (Zlín Film Festival)
Cast
![Růžena Nasková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268418_269f45.jpg)
Růžena Nasková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Old Czech Legends (1952)
Auntie's Fantasies (1941)
U pěti veverek (1943)
![Zdeněk Štěpánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268704_3875a5.jpg)
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
![Eduard Kohout](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268654_805965.jpg)
Eduard Kohout
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
![Václav Vydra st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268192_ccbdbb.jpg)
Václav Vydra st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Old Czech Legends (1952)
The White Disease (1937)
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
![Karel Höger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268633_4951bd.jpg)
Karel Höger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Otomar Krejča st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271614_5667d3.jpg)
Otomar Krejča st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Old Czech Legends (1952)
Kočár nejsvětější svátosti (1962) (TV movie)