Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)

Family Comedy Fantasy

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.

star 8 8.1
  • Release Date: 1955-02-11
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Director: Bořivoj Zeman

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Cast

  • Jan Werich

    král Já I.

  • Vlasta Burian

    kancléř Atakdále

  • Irena Kačírková

    princezna Drahomíra

  • Stella Májová

    princezna Zpěvanka

  • Milena Dvorská

    princezna Maruška

  • František Černý

    kuchař

  • Lubomír Lipský

    princ chrabrý, syn Děloslava VIII.

  • Miloš Kopecký

    chytrý princ

  • Miroslav Horníček

    princ krásný, syn Alabastra XVI.

  • Terezie Brzková

    stařenka kořenářka

  • Zdeněk Dítě

    zahradník

  • Josef Pehr

    dudák

  • Vladimír Ráž

    rybář

  • Marie Glázrová

    vdova Kubátová, podruhyně

  • Fanda Mrázek

    celník Martínek

  • František Hanus

    pláteník

  • Gustav Hrdlička

    sklenkář

  • Eman Fiala

    krejčí

  • Bohuš Hradil

    dvořan

  • Marcela Sedláčková

    dvorní dáma

  • Eva Klepáčová

    žena v podhradí

  • Josef Bartůněk

    muž v podhradí

  • Ladislav Gzela

    hrnčíř v podhradí

  • Vladimír Klemens

    dirigent

  • Slávka Rosenbergová

    žena v podhradí

  • Josef Bělský

    dvořan

  • Jiří Novotný

    kuchtík

  • Karel Hovorka

    dvořan

  • Vladimír Jedenáctík

    dvořan

  • Karla Svobodová

    holčička

  • Irena Bernátová

    dvorní dáma

  • Jiří Valenta

    dvořan u dalekohledu

  • Jiřina Lukešová

  • Zdeněk Kříž

  • Eva Hepnerová

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