Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1955)
Byl jednou jeden král...
107 min
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.
- Release date
- February 1, 1955
- Country of origin
- XC
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Cast
- Jan Werich as King Já I. ("Myself, First")
- Vlasta Burian as radce Atakdále ('Et cetera')
- Irena Kacírková as princezna Drahomíra
- Stella Májová as princezna Zpevanka
- Milena Dvorská as princezna Maruska
- František Černý as Kuchar
- Lubomír Lipský as princ chrabrý - syn Deloslava VIII.
- Miloš Kopecký as Princ chytrý
- Miroslav Horníček as princ krásný - syn Alabastra XVI.
- Terezie Brzková as Starenka korenárka
- Zdeněk Dítě as zahradník
- Josef Pehr as dudák
- Vladimír Ráž as rybář
- Marie Glázrová as vdova Kubátová, podruhyně
- Fanda Mrázek as celník Martínek
- František Hanus as pláteník
- Eman Fiala as krejčí
- Eva Klepáčová as žena v podhradí
- Ladislav Gzela as hrnčíř v podhradí
- Josef Bělský as dvořan
- Karel Hovorka as dvořan
- Vladimír Jedenáctík as dvořan
Crew
- Bořivoj Zeman · Director
- Jiří Brdečka · Writer
- Oldrich Kautský · Writer
- Jan Werich · Writer
- Bořivoj Zeman · Writer
- Václav Trojan · Composer
- Jan Roth · Cinematographer
- Josef Dobřichovský · Editor
- Jan Zázvorka · Production designer