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Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood, Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music
Long Live Ghosts! (1976)
Two ghost haunt the ruins of Brtnik Castle – the knight William and his daughter Leonthyn. A group of children join them and help them in rescuing the castle from a greedy greengrocer who wants to turn the damp castle cellar into a mushroom farm. The kids get permission from the village leaders to repair the ruins themselves; their powerful ally, the extraordinarily magical knight William, greatly helps. To Leonthyn, the real world seems so attractive that she tells one of the boys how to free her from the eternal curse and how to turn her into a normal girl.
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Duration | 86 min |
| Rating | 3 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | No subtitles |
| Directed by | Oldřich Lipský |
| Screenplay | Zdeněk Svěrák, Jiří Melíšek, Oldřich Lipský |
| Director of Photography | Jan Němeček |
| Music | Jaroslav Uhlíř |
| Edited by | Miroslav Hájek |
| Contact | Národní filmový archiv |
Biography
A film director and screenwriter. He came to film through theater. He debuted with the film The Circus Will Be! (1954), followed by Six Bears and a Clown (1972) and Circus in the Circus (1975). His talent for comedy paid off in the films Limonade Joe (1964) and The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981).