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) |
| Directing | Pavel Kraus | Director |
| Camera | Věra Štinglová | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hugo Markes | Sound |
| Editing | Jarmila Vlčková | Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Václav | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Zdeněk Zábranský | Screenplay |
| Art | Leopold Zeman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Šidlíková | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Božena Šimerová | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Faderhons | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Jaroslava Srbová | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milan Sklenář | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Pavel Petráň | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Štěpánka Haničincová | Dramaturgy |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vojtěch Kolařík | Costume Design |