Summaries

The film contains three Jan Werich's fairy tales, each directed by one artist. The first story sets out to the Sumava mountains in Southern Bohemia to find out whether Ogres ever lived there. The middle tale The Hat and the Little Jay Feather concerns a king who sends his three sons to bring back a hat he left at a tavern when he was young. The third and longest fairy tale Reason and Luck is about the two virtues of the title try to prove their importance by changing the life of a pig herder named Louis.—Production company

This films is made up of two tales adapted of Fimfarum by Jan Werich, author Czech, true monument of Czech literature of the 20th century. The First tale is "The Story of the hat of jay's feather", tell us about the story of an old king who has three boys. He assign a mission to his sons, found the Hat of jay's feather, who he forgot years earlier. The Second is "The Reason and the Chance", tell us about the story of this two characters out sized, nothing can stop them except bad luck and folly.

Details

Keywords
  • psychotronic film
  • literature on screen
  • based on short story
  • european literature on screen
  • czech literature on screen
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Animation
  • Family
Release date Feb 9, 2011
Countries of origin Czech Republic
Language Czech
Production companies Home Box Office (HBO) Ceská Televize ACE

Box office

Budget $30000000
Gross worldwide $370118

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 15m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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