Snow Dragon ( cs, Sněžný drak) is a 2013 Czech television film directed by Eugen Sokolovský. It premiered on 25 December 2013.
It was viewed by 700,000 people.
It is a
fantasy
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,
action film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...
.
Plot
The film tells story of Princess Laura and Prince Jan. It was prophesied that Jan will make Laura unhappy and Queen Vilma cast a curse upon him. Jan turns into a Snow dragon every night. Vilma then leaves Laura and her husband Valentin. When Laura grows up and has to choose her husband she meets Jan and they fall in love. King disagrees and wants to prevent it. They escape and princes finds out about the curse. They set of to remove it from him. It is revealed during the journey that Jan is coward and is unable to help Laura when she is in danger. It eventually leads to conflict between them and Laura returns home. She is set to marry evil Dacián but Jan finds courage to face him and Dacián turns into a black dragon. Jan fights him in is Snow dragon form and wins. The curse is removed and Jan marries Laura.
Cast
* Petr Lněnička (date of birth: 20.07.1979, place of birth: Litomysl, Czechoslovakia) as Prince Jan
* Petra Tenorová (date of birth: 20.02.1989, place of birth: Praha, Czechoslovakia) as Princess Laura
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Martin Mysicka as Prince Dacián
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Saša Rašilov
Saša Rašilov (6 September 1891 – 4 May 1955) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1913 and 1954.
Rašilov was an actor, comedian, clown and cabaret, grandfather of actor Saša Rašilov Jr. and his brother Vac ...
as King Valentin
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Jitka Cvancarová as Queen Vilma
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Arnost Goldflam as Hubert
Reception
The film has won an award at
Zlín Film Festival
Zlín Film Festival, also known as the International Film Festival for Children and Youth ( cs, Mezinárodní festival filmů pro děti a mládež) is an annual festival of children's film in Zlín in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1961 in the ...
for children.
References
External links
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Official website
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2013 television films
2013 films
2010s monster movies
2010s Czech-language films
Czech action films
Czech fantasy films
Czech children's films
Films about dragons
Czech television films
Czech Television original films
Czech monster movies