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May Fairy Tale (1940)
Directed by Otakar Vávra
Romance, Drama · 1h 27m
Ríša, a student of law, neglects his studies in favour of parties and pranks. His angry father refuses to continue helping him out of his debts. Ríša, however, is not entirely beyond hope. He decides to go and stay for a while with his uncle, a priest, who lives in Moravia, in order to prepare for his exams. He meets Helenka, the timid daughter of the local gamekeeper, at a village ball and is enchanted by her. The days pass and their idyllic relationship begins to tire Ríša. He begins to tell Helenka about his former debauched life the about the broken hearts of beautiful women. Helenka is hurt and refuses to see Ríša anymore. His uncle, the priest, is incensed at his behaviour and orders his nephew out of the house. Ríša tries desperately to find Helenka so he can make it up to her.
Cast
Nataša Gollová
Jaroslav Vojta
Leopolda Dostalová
Svatopluk Beneš
Theodor Pištěk
Marie Blažková
Jaroslav Průcha
Vlasta Fabianová
Miloš Nedbal
Božena Šustrová
Hermína Vojtová
Slávka Procházková
Crew
- Director
- Otakar Vávra
- Screenplay
- Otakar Vávra
- Novel
- Vilém Mrštík
- Director of Photography
- Ferdinand Pečenka
- Original Music Composer
- Jiří Srnka
- Editor
- Jan Kohout
Details
- Original title
- Pohádka máje
- Release date
- 1940-10-25
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Elektafilm