The Bear and the Ghosts (1959)
Princess Blanka (Aglaia Morávková) is secretly meeting her beloved, huntsman Ondrej (Jirí Papez). Only the chamber-maid Anezka (Jirina Bohdalová) is in favour of their love but Blanka’s father, the King (Jaroslav Marvan), mustn’t find out anything about it. Blanka is refusing all the bridegrooms the King has invited to the castle. The King has enough of his daughter’s moodiness and shuts her up in the tower. The suitors must search for her and she is to marry the one who finds her first.
Director:
Jaroslav Mach
Writer:
J. Z. Novák
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Jaroslav Marvan as |
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Aglaia Morávková as |
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Jiří Papež as |
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Miloš Nedbal as |
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Jiřina Bohdalová as |
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Vladimír Huber as |
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Heda Marková as |
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Soběslav Sejk as |
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Eman Fiala as |
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Jaroslav Vojta as |
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Josef Beyvl as |
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Vladimír Zoubek as |
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Jiří Ouhleda as |
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Miloš Nesvadba as |
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František Miroslav Doubrava as |
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Déda Papež as |
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Lubomír Bryg as |
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Vítězslav Černý as |
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Miroslav Kalný as |
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Antonín Soukup as |
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Josef Šilhán as |
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Jan Pohan as |
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Petr Kocanda as |
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Pavel Kocanda as |
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Miloslav Novák as |
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Věra Petáková as |
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Marta Richterová as |
| Directing | Lada Vacková | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marie Křížová | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pavel Horák | Assistant Director |
| Writing | J. Z. Novák | Story |
| Writing | J. Z. Novák | Screenplay |
| Camera | Václav Huňka | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ladislav Vinklárek | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Emil Sirotek | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jan Zázvorka | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernand Vácha | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Jandera | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anežka Kunová | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Jiřina Lukešová | Editor |
| Sound | Bohumír Brunclík | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Václav Huňka | Special Effects |
| Crew | Miloš Šauer | Special Effects |
| Production | František Sandr | Production Manager |
| Production | Eliška Nejedlá | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Věra Winkelhöferová | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | František Belfín | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Production | Ladislav Hanuš | Executive Producer |
| Writing | František Pavlíček | Creative Producer |
| Directing | Jaroslav Mach | Director |