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Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
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- Director
- Juraj Herz
- Written by
- Josef Hanzlík, Juraj Herz
- Composer
- Petr Hapka
- Cinematographer
- Jiří Macháně
- Editor
- Jaromír Janáček
- Studio
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- Origin country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Language
- Czech
- TMDB
- 6.5/10 (16 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.7/10 (274 votes)
Cast
Ondřej Pavelka
Martin
Anna Maľová
Tončka
Julie Jurištová
Princess Adriena
Josef Kemr
Tončka's Father
Juraj Kukura
Count Aldobrandini
František Filipovský
Jester
Přemysl Kočí
Grand Duke
Růžena Rudnická
Grand Duchess
Lubomír Černík
Police Councillor
Josef Somr
Guard Hetman
Jan Přeučil
Ferryman
Augustín Kubán
Ferryman
Zdeněk Černý
Jozífek
Václav Lohniský
Innkeeper
Vladimír Jedenáctík
Organ Player
Juraj Herz
New Astrologer
Zeno Dostál
Postilion
Miro Grisa
Foreign Prince
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