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Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Film Music

The Girl on the Broomstick (1971) 8

Czechoslovakia | 1971 | 76 min.

Who wants to have suspension for 300 years after school? Not the young witch Saxana. It's no wonder she takes the first opportunity to flee to the human world. The headteacher sends a retired vampire to look after and retrieve her. But Saxana doesn't want to go back and attempts to get an old maid's ear to create a potion that will close the way back to the fairy-tale land. But, never an attentive student, she's unaware that it is not a real "old maid's ear", but rather a plant...

CountryCzechoslovakia
Year1971
Duration76 min
Rating8
LanguageCzech
SubtitleNo subtitles
Directed by Václav Vorlíček
Screenplay Hermína Franková, Miloš Macourek, Václav Vorlíček
Director of Photography Vladimír Novotný
Music Angelo Michajlov
Edited by Miroslav Hájek
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Biography

Film director and screenwriter. He graduated in directing from FAMU. He gained fame for his comedy parodies with fantasy and fairy-tale themes, e.g. Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966), You Are a Widow, Sir! (1970), Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) and the TV series Arabella (1979) also found success.

Comedy, Fantasy, Action + Adventure, Supernatural