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 |
| Camera | Emil Sirotek | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Directing | Pavel Horák | Assistant Director |
| Art | Jan Zázvorka | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernand Vácha | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Marie Křížová | Assistant Director |
| Production | Věra Winkelhöferová | Unit Production Manager |
| Camera | Ladislav Vinklárek | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Miloš Šauer | Special Effects |
| Editing | Jiřina Lukešová | Editor |
| Production | Ladislav Hanuš | Executive Producer |
| Writing | J. Z. Novák | Screenplay |
| Production | Eliška Nejedlá | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | František Belfín | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | František Pavlíček | Creative Producer |
| Writing | J. Z. Novák | Story |
| Camera | Václav Huňka | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Jandera | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Václav Huňka | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anežka Kunová | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Bohumír Brunclík | Sound Effects |
| Production | František Sandr | Production Manager |
| Directing | Lada Vacková | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jaroslav Mach | Director |