''Neberte nám princeznú'' () is a modern version of the ''

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...

'' fairytale, starring

Marika Gombitová Marika Gombitová (; born 12 September 1956) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and musician. Once a member of Modus (band), Modus, Gombitová started to gain early acclaim as a former female vocalist of the group. Nevertheless, she gradually develop ...

. The musical was directed by Martin Hoffmeister, and released in 1981.

Synopsis

Girl Katka (

) is frustrated and restless. She escapes from home and finds herself in the orphanage. Seven orphan boys hide her and call her "Princess". But Katka is soon uncovered and her frantic mother is on the way.

Credits

* Martin Hoffmeister -

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* Alta Vášová -

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* Rudolf Milič -

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Cast

as Katka *

Miroslav Žbirka Miroslav "Miro" Žbirka (21 October 1952 – 10 November 2021) was a Slovak pop and rock singer and songwriter, widely popular in 1980s Czechoslovakia. Born in Bratislava to a Slovak father and an English mother, he sang in Slovak, English, and ...

as Katka's boyfriend * Marie Rottrová as Katka's mother * Luděk Sobota as Katka's father *

Petr Nárožný Petr Nárožný (born 14 April 1938) is a Czech actor, television presenter, comedian, and entertainer. Life and career As a boy, Nárožný spent part of World War II in Germany, where he experienced Allied bombings. He graduated from the Facu ...

as director of orphanage * Mária Hájková as cleaner * Jozef Vrábel as orphan boy * Michal Vrábel as orphan boy * Matúš Cinzer as orphan boy * Roman Haša as orphan boy * Ján Kovačič as orphan boy * Ľudovít Tóth as orphan boy * Daniel Hassan as orphan boy * Viera Hladká as teacher * Hana Talpová * Jan Kanyza as police officer ( VB)

Soundtrack

''Neberte nám princeznú'' is the original picture soundtrack released on BMG on 19 November 2001.

Track listing

Official releases

* 2001: ''Neberte nám princeznú'', CD, BMG, #74321 90447 * 2004: ''Neberte nám princeznú'', DVD, Dikrama, #0014 9331

Credits and personnel

* Dežo Ursiny -

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* Ján Štrasser -

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lead vocal The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

- lead vocal * Marie Rottrová - lead vocal * Pavel Daněk -

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, chorus * Martin Karvaš - keyboards * Ľubomír Stankovský -

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, chorus

Charts

Year-end charts

Sales certifications

ČNS IFPI

In Slovakia, the

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for the Czech Republic (ČNS IFPI) awards artists since the cancellation of the Slovak national section (SNS IFPI). Currently, there are awarded

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(for 3,000 units), and/or

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certifications (for 6,000 units), exclusively for album releases. Gombitová demonstrably won at least seven platinum, and three golden awards in total.

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neberte nam princeznu 1981 films Films based on Snow White Czechoslovak musical films Czech musical films