The madly sad princess

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Movie
German title The madly sad princess
Original title Šíleně smutná princezna
Country of production Czechoslovakia
original language Czech
Publishing year 1968
length 89 minutes
Rod
Director Bořivoj Zeman
script František Vlček
Bořivoj Zeman
music Jan Hammer
camera František Valert
cut Josef Dobřichovský
occupation

The madly sad princess (original title: Šíleně smutná princezna ) is a Czechoslovak fairy tale film from 1968.

action

King Jindrich's son is supposed to be married to King Dobromysl's daughter, but flees when his father tries to take him to the princess. On his escape, he comes to a park and meets a cheeky young woman there. With their help he tries to get into the princess's castle, but is arrested by the guards there.

In the meantime, the prince's father reaches the castle without his son, because he is ill. The girl turns out to be the princess and takes the prince to be an emissary of the intended bridegroom. She has fallen in love with him and does not want to marry the prince but the apparent emissary; But since he is said to be poor and she therefore cannot marry him, the princess decides to be sad as in a fairy tale.

Meanwhile, the two kings learn the truth about their children. The princess's condition persists, to the chagrin of her father, despite laughter classes and the showing of Charlie Chaplin films. When house arrest does nothing either, King Dobromysl has laughter forbidden in his kingdom. Finally the plan of the two royal children works when the king promises his daughter's hand to the one who can make her laugh; if they fail, the executioner threatens. When the prince tries his luck, the spies reveal his identity. The disappointed princess cannot be cheered up by the prince and initially wants to send him away, but lets him change her mind.

While King Dobromysl hesitates to have the prince executed, he becomes engaged to the princess. The fathers of the newly-made fiancé are exasperated by the indecision of their children. At the wedding feast the princess hesitates at first because the prince is smaller than she is; but when the wedding crown is placed on the prince, this problem is also solved.

backgrounds

The comedy contains modern elements such as pneumatic letters and cameras that only produce paper cuttings, as well as Jan Hammer's film music interpreted by the main actors.

The German dubbed version made by DEFA is around 20 minutes shorter than the original. For example, the song Kujme pikle , which the two spies sing, is missing .

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