The princess with the gold star
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The princess with the gold star |
| Original title | Princezna se zlatou hvězdou |
| Country of production | ČSR |
| original language | Czech |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 87/75 (video) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Martin Frič |
| script | Martin Frič, KM Walló |
| music | Bohuslav Sedláček |
| camera | Jan Roth |
| cut | Jan Kohout |
| occupation | |
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The Princess with the Golden Star (original title: Princezna se zlatou hvězdou ) is a Czechoslovak fairy tale film from 1959, which, after being broadcast on German television, is still very popular among fairy tale lovers.
action
The beautiful and kind Princess Lada, whose forehead is adorned with a gold star, lives together with her peace-loving father King Hostivít in a stately castle. Lada, who loves flowers more than material goods, was once named by her father to the power-hungry and warlike King Kazisvět VI. promised as a bride. In order to avoid an unhappy marriage with him, she gives Kazisvět a task that he must fulfill in order to be allowed to marry her. He is supposed to have three dresses sewn that consist of the morning rays of the sun, the sky of a summer day and the softness of a summer night. Although Kazisvět manages to get three beautiful dresses, Princess Lada explains that the task has not been completed. Offended and humiliated, Kazisvět threatens King Hostivít with war if Lada does not marry him immediately.
After all, Lada sees no other way out than to flee the castle. So that no one can recognize her by her famous star, she disguises herself in a coat made of mouse fur given to her by her faithful nurse. As a "gray mouse", Lada finds refuge at the court of the young and noble Prince Radovan and works there as an inconspicuous kitchen maid from then on. They get to know each other at a festive ball with which the prince wants to find his future wife and visits Lada without her mouse fur. It's love at first sight for both of them. But the prince neither knows who the red-blonde beauty is, nor that she works as a “mouse furry” in the kitchen of his castle. There she always does a good job for the cook, so that he - to his great delight - receives a medal for the tasty and varied dishes.
When King Kazisvět heard that Princess Lada had attended Prince Radovan's ball, he asked the prince to hand her over to him. However, the prince, who now knows who “mouse fur” actually is, refuses to obey this demand. “Mouse fur” finally steps forward and tells Kazisvět that she is the princess. The king is outraged because in his eyes such an "ugly" maid could not possibly be Princess Lada. When he confirms that he does not want the girl, Lada takes off her mouse fur and reveals her sparkling star. Believing that he was duped, Kazisvět starts a fight with Prince Radovan. This triumphs and drives out his opponent, whereupon he and Lada marry. The cook apologizes to Lada for not having recognized her and receives the "Mouse Pelt Order" from her.
background
The film was shot in the Barrandov film studios in Prague . Originally, the actress Miriam Hynková was intended for the title role. When this was canceled at short notice, Marie Kyselková, originally intended for an extra role, was given the role of Princess Lada, with whom she finally became known. Kyselková was pregnant while filming and after the filming and the birth of her son withdrew into private life.
The Princess with the Gold Star premiered on December 18, 1959 in the former Czechoslovakia . On October 21, 1960, the fairy tale film was shown in the cinemas of the former GDR , where it was shown for the first time on television on December 21, 1961 on DFF 1 . In 2010 it was released on DVD by Icestorm .
Reviews
Johannes Sträter remarked in the Spiegel that the film had been shot “long before the boom in Czech fairy tale films” during “the development phase” of the Barrandov film studios. While it is "a classic" in the Czech Republic, it is "hardly known to us". A “trip to this past fairytale land” is therefore “[u] mso more” to be recommended. Cinema simply called the film a “[p] witty fairy tale for the little ones”.
German version
The German dubbed version was created in the DEFA dubbing studio in Weimar . The dubbing was directed by Hans-Dieter Schlegel based on the dialogue book by Annette you .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Princess Lada | Marie Kyselková | Helga Pankoke |
| King Hostivít | František Smolík | John Schmidt |
| King Kazisvět VI. | Martin Růžek | Friedrich Radke |
| Prince Radovan | Josef Zíma | Winfried Wagner |
| nurse | Jarmila Kurandová | Elisabeth Loebe |
| cook | Stanislav Neumann | Alfred Bohl |
| Kitchen boy | Josef Vinklář | Eberhard Esche |
literature
- The princess with the gold star . In: Eberhard Berger, Joachim Giera (Hrsg.): 77 fairy tale films - a film guide for young and old . Henschel Verlag GmbH, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-362-00447-4 , pp. 283-286.
Web links
- The princess with the golden star in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The princess with the gold star in the dictionary of international films
- Interview with the main actors on the 50th anniversary ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on superillu.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ See overview of foreign cinema and television films on GDR television on fernsehenderddr.de
- ^ Johannes Sträter: DVD-Filmbeileger: Melancholy musicians and legendary hackers . In: Der Spiegel , March 24, 2010.
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ The princess with the golden star . EuroVideo 1997, according to the opening credits of the film.
- ↑ cf. defa-stiftung.de