Hejkal (1978)
Fairy tales are full of fairies who would like to become humans. There probably won't be that many Hejkals who want to turn into humans. We only know of one from "The Doctor's Fairy Tale" who was pushed into the human world by the writer Karel Čapek. That Hejkal then found great success as a singer at the Vienna Opera. However, we recently learned that a Hejkal in South Bohemia is drawn to humans and wants to give up his Hejkal craft. Let's go see him.
Director:
Pavel Kraus
Writer:
Zdeněk Zábranský
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Zdeněk Řehoř as |
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Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová as |
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Iva Janžurová as |
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Bohuslav Čáp as |
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Lubomír Lipský as |
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Svatopluk Beneš as |
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Hana Houbová as |
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Oldřich Velen as |
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Ivo Livonec as |
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Viktor Maurer as |
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František Filipovský as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Camera | Věra Štinglová | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Pavel Kraus | Director |
| Sound | Jiří Václav | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hugo Markes | Sound |
| Editing | Jarmila Vlčková | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Šidlíková | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Božena Šimerová | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Zdeněk Zábranský | Screenplay |
| Crew | Štěpánka Haničincová | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Pavel Petráň | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vojtěch Kolařík | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milan Sklenář | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Faderhons | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Jaroslava Srbová | Production Manager |
| Art | Leopold Zeman | Production Design |