Lotrando a Zubejda

Lotrando a Zubejda
Directed byKarel Smyczek
Written byZdeněk Svěrák
Karel Smyczek
Based onKarel Čapek
Zdeněk Svěrák
Produced byKarel Škop, Robert Fuksa
StarringJiří Strach
Barbora Seidlová
Pavel Zedníček
Arnošt Goldflam
Jiří Pecha
Jiří Lábus
Miroslav Táborský
Ladislav Gerendáš
Jaroslav Sypal
Marián Labuda
Ljuba Krbová
CinematographyJan Malíř
Edited byZdeněk Patočka
Music byJaroslav Uhlíř
Release date
  • 11 September 1997 (1997-09-11)
Running time
106 min.
CountriesCzech Republic, Bulgaria, France
LanguageCzech

Lotrando a Zubejda is a Czech musical fairy tale film directed by Karel Smyczek and written by Zdeněk Svěrák as an adaptation of two fairy tales: "Doctors" and "Highwaymen", by Karel Čapek, from the book Niner Fairytales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure.

Cast and characters

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Synopsis

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The story is about a boy (Lotrando) who was born into a band of robbers in Bohemia. Unfortunately, Lotrando didn't have a mom. He wanted to go to study, which he was finally allowed to do. When he graduated, his dad was dying and told him that from now on he was the leader of the bandits. Well, but of course the student didn't know, how to be a good robber, so the whole gang made fun of him. He went away and in the forest he met a woodcutter (Drnec) who taught him how to cut trees. One day, in a faraway exotic place, a rare princess (Zubejda), the Sultan's only daughter, fell ill. So, the Sultan sent three messengers to find the doctor. (A doctor has the title Dr. in Czech Republic) When they found that [dr]voštěp (woodcutter) [Dr]nec, they figured out it must be a doctor if he had "Dr" in his name twice. They brought him and his younger colleague to see the princess. They saw tall trees all over the place of Zubejda's home. Because they were both woodcutters, they decided to cut all of the trees. Sultan wasn't really happy. But when Zubejda saw the sunlight, smell their food and tried it, she was completely cured. But... Lotrando fell ill! Princess's maid asked him, where does it hurt, and she soon find out, he's in love with princess. Also Lotrando find out, the maid is actually his mother. So Lotrando and Zubejda have a wedding and they lived together for the rest of their lives.

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