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Wild Flowers

Wild Flowers

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Wild Flowers

2000

1h 21m

6.5(35 votes)

Drama

Horror

Fantasy

Overview

Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales - glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light - make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. The original piece of literature, written by Karel Jaromír Erben in 1853, contained twelve tales.

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Česká televize

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Martina Bezoušková

Martina Bezoušková

Matka

Sylvie Kraslová

Deti

Sára Voříšková

Deti

Anna Bezoušková

Deti

Dan Bárta

Dan Bárta

Vodník

Linda Rybová

Linda Rybová

Dívka

Jana Švandová

Jana Švandová

Matka

Vojtěch Sahula

Maly vodnicek

Naďa Šafratová

Vodni bytost

Karel Roden

Karel Roden

Milenec

Creative team

Directed by: F. A. Brabec
Written by: F. A. Brabec
Miloš Macourek
Produced by: Deana Horváthová

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