The three golden hairs of the Sun King

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Movie
German title The three golden hairs of the Sun King
Original title Plavčík a Vratko
Country of production ČSSR
original language Slovak
Publishing year 1981
length 84 minutes
Rod
Director Martin Ťapák
script Peter Glocko
production Karol Bakoš
music Svetozár Stračina
camera Vincent Rosinec
cut Maximilian Remeň
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The three golden hairs of the Sun King (alternative title: Fairy Tale of the Sun King ; original title: Plavčík a Vratko ) is a Czechoslovak fairy tale film from 1981 . It is the film adaptation of a Slovak fairy tale based on motifs from The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs . As The Three Golden Hair of the Sun King , it can also be found in the collection of Gypsy Tales from Around the World by Heinz Mode and Milena Hübschmannová as fairy tale no.14.

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While on a driven hunt, King Svetoslav falls from his horse and gets lost in the wilderness. He finds a small charcoal burner hut and asks the charcoal burner for a place to stay. The latter grants him this and tells that his wife had given birth to a son that night. Later the king observes how the goddess of fate appears to the child and predicts that he will one day marry the princess who was born that same night. Back in the castle, the gloomy king asks his astrologer "Black Soul" for advice and has the prediction confirmed. Angry that a charcoal burner's son should ascend his throne, he orders him to be drowned. However, the astrologer does not have the heart to murder the child, so he puts it in a small wooden chest on the river instead, whereupon the sun darkens. The little one is found screaming by the miller and miller's wife, adopted as a son and named Schwemmling. The years pass, the princess is soon to be married, and the king goes out on a hunt once again. He comes to the miller's house, who reveals to him that his driftwood was given by the river at the same time the king got the princess. Sensing that his astrologer had betrayed him, he sends the miller's son to the queen in the palace with a letter in which the messenger is ordered to be killed. On the way, the goddess of fate reappears and holds her hand over him protectively by changing the letter in his favor. When the queen arrives, the words of the letter are immediately put into practice and Schwemmling is married to Princess Julienka. The following wedding celebration is suddenly interrupted by the returning king. Enraged by the deception, he forbids laughter anywhere in the empire. He wants to kill the astrologer, but he suggests something else - the Schwemmling should be sent to King Wendling, because no mortal has ever returned from there. The young man is immediately assigned to procure three golden hairs of the Wendling in order to obtain the blessing of the king and sets off with a companion. They are pursued by the dark magician "Black Soul", who has been given the task of bringing the warrior to failure. At the border of the empire, the two companions meet the charcoal burner, who asks them to ask Wendling about his son and show them the way - always following the sun they should ride.

Far in the distance, when they arrived in a dark country, a local told them that they had been hit by an epidemic. A tree, the fruits of which had magical healing powers, withered and the local people have suffered ever since. They get an audience with the king of the country, who hoards the last fruits of the tree for himself. He asks her to ask King Wendling why his wonder tree has withered. Meanwhile, “Black Soul” tries to obtain the execution of the young man from the king, but he does not succeed. So the warriors move on, into a dry, infinite plain. One day they discover a well and want to drink from it. The wizard, however, had poisoned the water, which they noticed in time, but it is too late for their horses. The two drag themselves on on foot. Then the dark wizard kindles a steppe fire and chases a horde of wild horses on them in order to finally stop them, but they manage to jump on the horses and thus they can escape the fire.

In this way they reach the kingdom of the Horse King, the richest of all kings, whose kingdom, however, suffers from a great drought. When they arrive at a pub, they order water. The landlord demands a whole horse for a jug of water, so they accuse him of cheating, as a result of which he disappears. "Black soul" meanwhile already speaks to the king and suggests that he prosecute the two warriors. When the landlord rushes over and complains about the strangers, the king sends his men after them. It comes to a fight, in the course of which the two companions threaten to be defeated. However, they let it be known that they were on their way to see King Wendling, whereupon the Horse King ordered his men to stop. He invites them to his home and tells them to find out from Wendling why his wells have dried up. The next day they ride on. In a ravine they are attacked again by the dark fire wizard, but this time too they can play a feint on his fireballs . He swears vengeance for the hurt of his honor and conjures up the elemental forces and demons to block the intruders' way to Wendling.

Later, when they arrive in a green mountain area, they come across a tavern. The warrior does not want to stop, but his companion has had enough of the exertion. There is a fight between the two, as a result of which the companion enters the tavern. Inside he orders a meal and puts a coin on the table. "Black soul" comes up against him - here you only pay with your soul, and the inevitable celebration of hell begins. Meanwhile, the warrior climbs up the rocks and fights his way up to icy climes. He finds the goddess of fate who brings him to her heavenly kingdom. She informs him that the charcoal burner is his real father and hides the warrior, because in the evening her son Wendling comes home, the dear sun who leaves the house every morning as a child and returns every evening as an old man. Wendling, who has finally arrived, is tired and lies down on his mother's lap, who pats his golden hair to fall asleep. She pulls a hair out of him, whereupon he complains. She tells him that she just had a difficult dream - "of a land where there is a tree that has stopped bearing miraculous fruits". Sullenly he replies that this is not a miracle - "only when you have looked into the heart of the king and the tree under the root do you know the reason". She tears out a second hair, she still had a dream - "of a country in which the wells have dried up, but the tears of the people do not dry up because they are so tormented by thirst". That is not true, says her son - "The wells have not dried up, only the king's greed, mother, sits like an evil dragon on the springs and therefore the wells are empty". After the third hair is pulled out, he jumps up indignantly, she asks him why he has not made the kingdom of King Svetoslav happy with his sun smile for so long - first the drift, hidden behind the trough, should bring the three golden hairs home!

So the warrior sets out to descend, meets the tavern and is supposed to pay the bill for his companion. Priceless, this would have to go down to hell. Then he takes one of the golden hairs of the sun and destroys the dark magician "Black Soul". In the kingdom of the horse king he lets the springs and fountains bubble again with the help of the second hair and warns the king of his greed. Back at the withered tree, the two try to get to the secret under the roots, but have to give up. So he takes the last golden hair and lures out a snake monster, which he finishes - the tree blossoms and bears fruit again for everyone. Returning to his own country, he meets the charcoal burner and reveals to him that he is his son. After a detour to the miller's house, he visits the castle, greets his wife and steps before the king with empty hands. But then Wendling steps in, hands over three new hairs and lets the sun shine again. The gloomy king lights up, crowns Schwemmling as the new king and a new era begins.

background

The three golden hairs of the Sun King was created in 1981. The film was shown in GDR cinemas on June 24, 1983 and was shown for the first time in the Federal Republic of Germany on ZDF on December 25, 1983 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The three golden hairs of the Sun King in the lexicon of international filmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used .
  2. ↑ Heinz Mode ; Milena Hübschmannová (ed.): Gypsy tales from all over the world. Four collections, Insel-Verlag, Leipzig, 1983–1985