Duch nad zlato
Réalisation:
Zdeněk ZelenkaScénario:
Zdeněk ZelenkaPhotographie:
Pavel BerkovičMusique:
Jiří ŠkorpíkActeurs·trices:
Viktor Preiss, Jiřina Bohdalová, Jan Hrušínský, Veronika Khek Kubařová, František Skopal, Martin Dejdar, Radek Holub, Miroslav Táborský (plus)Résumés(1)
One night, the drifter Vojta discovers an underground treasure guarded by a mysterious spirit. He flees, but he manages to stuff a few gold coins and a small tinderbox into his pocket. He loses this money in a pub, but there he learns of a beautiful princess who never leaves the castle. When he eventually uses the tinderbox, he inadvertently summons the spirit, who must now serve him. At Vojta's command, the ghost brings the sleeping princess to him in the night and Vojta immediately falls in love. He can think of nothing other than the princess. The ghost is eager to help as he's grown fond of Vojta; being with him shows him how he had wasted his former life. But when a greedy court lady discovers the secret of the tinderbox and steals it. Now Vojta finds himself in danger, from which only the princess can help. (Zlín Film Festival)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Neither Veronika Kubařová's beautiful princess nor the traditionally great Viktor Preiss, who could have played Baron Prášil on the spot, were able to save this new Czech Christmas fairy tale. There’s a stupid script, most of the characters stupid, the main character acts like a soulless dummy, the other acting performances are poor (an unbearable Jan Hrušínský, a very similarly "sympathetic" Jiřina Bohdalová), no humor to be found... That was a long ninety minutes.
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J'ai l'impression que pour qu’un film ou un conte tchèque sorti après l’an 2000 dépasse les soixante pour cent, il faut vraiment qu’il soit une tuerie ! Je ne pense pas que Duch na zlato doive être condamné à un misérable trente-huit pour cent. Les contes d’Andersen sont assez compliqués et souvent aussi très sombres et déprimants, là où l’adaptation de Zelenka est plutôt joyeuse et interprétée par une excellente palette d’acteurs qui conviennent bien aux types de personnages qu'ils représentent. Moi, pour un réveillon de Noël, j’étais comblé.
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