30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
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Section: Czech Films and TV

A True Knight (2016) 7

Czech Republic | 2016 | 15 min.

In many once-upon-a-time fairy-tales it's like this: an evil wizard kidnaps a princess and the hero has to complete three tasks to save her...The characters are typically fairy-tale-like, yet they have a lot in common with the people of today. An ambitious knight has planned out his son's entire life and constantly has the need to tell him what to do. He even takes him out into the world where he looks out for him. The son would rather read books or paint, but all his father knows are weapons and fighting. But circumstances force them to reconsider their attitudes: the knight learns that not everything can be solved with a sword, and his son realizes that evil must be fought. The love of a beautiful princess and half of a kingdom is then his legitimate reward.

CountryCzech Republic
Year2016
Duration15 min
Rating7
LanguageCzech
SubtitleEnglish
Directed by Martin Doelnský
Screenplay Petr Hudský
Director of Photography Ferdinand Mazurek
Music Petr Wajsar
Edited by Petr Pauer
Contact Česká televize

Biography

A screenwriter and director, he graduated in directing from FAMU. He made his debut with the comedy Catch the Doctor! (Chyťte doktora, 2007), followed by a film in the same genre, My Naked Diary (Můj vysvlečený deník, 2012). In co-operation with TV he's produced documentaries and fairy tales, e.g. Mrs. Olga (Paní Olga, 2006) and The White Lady (O bílé paní, 2008), and co-directed the series Wonderful Times (Vyprávěj, 2009) and Innocent Lies (Nevinné lži, 2013).This set consists of these titles:
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Action + Adventure, Fairy-tale, Fatherhood, Love