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Section: Old Time Cinema
Marguerites for the Lady of the Castle (1981)
Fifteen-year-old KateYina will once again spend the holidays at the Castle Krabonoa, where her parents are both wardens. She finds it dull because she's got to sit at the castle's ticket office and sell tickets. That is, until the arrival of the new tour guide, Petr, a young history student. She falls in love at first sight. But for Petr she's just a young crazy girl. Katka tries to get Petr's attention in various ways, but all in vain. She makes a last ditch effort by pretending to steal some rare castle steins from the castle's collection. It's only after some detectives arrive that Katka realizes that she may have overdone it, but she finally manages to get Petr to notice her
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1981 |
| Duration | 82 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Czech |
| Directed by | Josef Pinkava |
| Screenplay | Jaroslav Petřík, Josef Pinkava |
| Director of Photography | Jiří Kolín |
| Music | Karel Svoboda |
| Edited by | Ivan Matouš |
| Contact | NFA |
Biography
Josef Pinkava (1919–2006) is one of the directors and founding members of Zlín film and the film festival. He started out shooting short documentaries, advertising and propaganda films, then focused on live-action productions for children and youth, in which he was a pioneer. He made his feature film debut with Holiday with Minka (Prázdniny s Minkou, 1962) and his rich filmography includes the works Chubby (Metráček, 1971), The Little Postman (Poštovský panáček, 1974), Daisies for the Lady of the Manor (Kopretinypro zámeckou paní, 1981) and Stroke the Cats Ears (Pohlaď kočce uši, 1985).