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How to Deserve a Princess
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How to Deserve a Princess

1995-02-02 · 72 min · ★ 6.1

Family · Fantasy

A fairy tale of three brothers who try to save a princess kidnapped by an evil wizard.

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Directors
Jan Schmidt
Production companies
Prague Production Partners, Česká televize
Countries
Czech Republic
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lenka JelínkováLenka JelínkováVerunka
Pavel ŘezníčekPavel ŘezníčekMiroslav
Jaromír DulavaJaromír DulavaKing / Sorcerer
Jiří LangmajerJiří LangmajerNejchytřejší
Karel DobrýKarel DobrýNejsilnější
Blanka BohdanováBlanka Bohdanováchůva
Jiří MenzelJiří Menzeldvorní malíř
Zdeněk DušekZdeněk Dušekrybář
Lenka TermerováLenka Termerovárybářka
Oldřich VlachOldřich Vlachstarý král
Ota JirákOta Jirákvlásenkář
Rudolf Papežík
Bohumil Vávra
Gabriela WilhelmováGabriela Wilhelmová
Daniela KrhutováDaniela Krhutová
Jana Hořejší
Kamila Šimberová
Simona VrbickáSimona VrbickáVerunka (voice)
Jiří ŠtěpničkaJiří ŠtěpničkaKing (voice) / Sorcerer (voice)

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