''A Night at Karlstein'' ( cs, Noc na Karlštejně) is a 1973 Czech historical
musical film directed by
Zdeněk Podskalský
Zdeněk Podskalský (18 February 1923 – 29 October 1993) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1950 and 1987.
Selected filmography
* ''When the Woman Butts In'' (''Kam čert nemůže'') (1959)
* '' Mu ...
, based on an 1884 play by Jaroslav Vrchlický.
Plot
The young queen Elizabeth of Pomerania waits in vain for her husband Emperor Charles IV at the Prague Castle. She travels to Karlštejn castle to meet him. There she finds out that women are banned from Karlštejn. She disguised herself as a young man so she can sneak inside the castle.
Cast
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Vlastimil Brodský
Vlastimil Brodský (15 December 1920 – 20 April 2002) was a Czech actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films, and is considered a key figure in the postwar development of Czech cinema.
One of his best-known roles was as the title charac ...
as
Charles IV
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Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman and later actor Vlastimil Brodský. Her younger sister Hana is also an actress who has ...
as
Elisabeth of Pomerania
Elizabeth of Pomerania ( pl, Elżbieta pomorska, cs, Eliška Pomořanská; – 15 April 1393) was the fourth and final wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia.
Life
Elizabeth was the daughter of Bogislaw V, Duk ...
*
Karel Höger
Karel Höger (17 June 1909 – 4 May 1977) was a Czechoslovakian film actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1939 and 1977.
Selected filmography
* '' In the Still of the Night'' (1941)
* '' Enchanted'' (1942)
* '' Gabriela'' (1942)
...
as
Arnošt of Pardubice
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Waldemar Matuška
Waldemar Matuška (; July 2, 1932 – May 30, 2009) was a Czechoslovak singer who became popular in his homeland during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1986, he immigrated to the United States.
Early career
Waldemar Matuška was born in Košice, Czech ...
as
Peter I of Cyprus
Peter I (9 October 1328 – 17 January 1369) was King of Cyprus and titular King of Jerusalem from his father's abdication on 24 November 1358 until his death in 1369. He was invested as titular Count of Tripoli in 1346. As King of Cyprus ...
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Miloš Kopecký
Miloš Kopecký (22 August 1922 in Prague – 16 February 1996 in Prague) was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century.
Biography
He was born into the family of a furrier; his mother was a hatter. From childhoo ...
as
Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria }) was Duke of Bavaria from 1347 until his death. He was the second son of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian by his first wife Beatrice of Silesia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
Biography
During the reign of Emperor Louis IV his son Stephe ...
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Jaroslav Marvan
Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková.
He passed his school-leaving ...
as Burgrave
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Slávka Budínová
Slávka Budínová (21 April 1924 – 31 July 2002) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in over 60 films and television shows between 1953 and 1999.
Selected filmography
* '' The Flood'' (1958)
* '' Lidé z maringotek'' (1966)
* ' ...
as Mrs. Ofka
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Daniela Kolářová
Daniela Kolářová (born 21 September 1946 in Cheb) is a Czech actress.
She has appeared in several Theatre Studio DVA productions.
Filmography
Film
* ''Kawasaki's Rose'' (2009)
* '' Vratné lahve'' (2007) ... Eliška
* '' Tmavomodrý svě ...
as Alena
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Jaromír Hanzlík
Jaromír Hanzlík (born 16 February 1948) is a Czech actor.
Selected filmography Film
* '' Coach to Vienna'' (1966)
* '' Romance for Bugle'' (1967)
* '' Maratón'' (1968)
* ''Slasti Otce vlasti'' (1969)
* '' The Joke'' (1969)
* ''A Night at Ka ...
as Pešek
External links
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Noc na Karšltejně in Czech Film HeavenNoc na Karlštejně in Czech-Slovak Film DatabaseMusical Theatre Karlín WebsiteNoc na Karlštejně in Facebook
1974 films
1970s musical films
1970s Czech-language films
Czechoslovak musical films
Films directed by Zdeněk Podskalský
Czech musical films
1970s Czech films
Cultural depictions of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
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