''The Little Mermaid'' (''Malá mořská víla'') is a 1976 Czech fantasy film directed by
Karel Kachyňa
Karel Kachyňa (1 May 1924 – 12 March 2004) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. His career spanned over five decades.
Early life
He was born on May 1, 1920, in Vyškov, Czechoslovakia. His father was a government officer. His mother ...
based on the 1837 fairy tale of
The Little Mermaid by
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...
. The film won the Main Prize at 1977
Gijón International Film Festival.
Cast
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Miroslava Šafránková as Little Mermaid
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Radovan Lukavský as King of the Seas
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Petr Svojtka as Prince of South Realm
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Libuše Šafránková
Libuše Šafránková (7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021, married as ''Abrhámová'') was a Czech actress. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám.
Her breakthrough was the title role in the 1973 film '' Three Nuts for Cinderella'', which is considered ...
as Princess of Neighbour Realm
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Marie Rosůlková
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...
as Grandmother
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Milena Dvorská
Milena Dvorská (7 September 1938 – 22 December 2009) was a Czech film actress. She appeared in 70 films and television shows between 1955 and 2009.
Selected filmography
* '' Anděl na horách'' (1956)
* ''Nejlepší ženská mého živo ...
as Witch
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Jiří Ornest Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to:
Given name
B
*Jiří Antonín Benda
*Jiří Baborovský
* Jiří Barta
* Jiří Bartoška
*Jiří Bicek
*Jiří Bobok
*Jiří Bubla
* Jiř ...
as Prince's aid
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Dagmar Patrasová
Dagmar Patrasová (born 27 April 1956) is a Czech actress and singer. She is known especially for her performances in children's TV shows and roles in fairy tale films and comedies.
Personal life
Patrasová is married to musician Felix Slováč ...
as Little Mermaid's sistere
External links
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1976 films
Czechoslovak fantasy films
1970s Czech-language films
Films based on The Little Mermaid
Czech fantasy films
Films about witchcraft
1970s Czech films
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Films about shapeshifting