
Magician
1988-01-29 · 87 min · ★ 5.7
Bohemia, 1835. Traveling between Prague and the countryside, young poet Karel Hynek Mácha navigates political disillusionment, a turbulent relationship, and declining health while completing his final work.
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- Directors
- František Vláčil
- Production companies
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Status
- Released
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Jiří SchwarzKarel Hynek Mácha
Veronika ŽilkováLori Somková
Marta VančurováMárinka
Petr ČepekLedvina
Jan HrušínskýMichal Mácha
Rudolf HrušínskýPoetry Reader (voice)
Milena DvorskáDurasová
Josef KarlíkDuras
Jan KrausTrojan
Miriam KantorkováLorenzová
Jana HlaváčkováŽena v černém
Blažena HolišováMáchova matka
Tomáš JuřičkaKaska
Václav KnopJ.K. Tyl
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