''The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians'' ( cs, Tajemství hradu v Karpatech) is a 1981 Czech comedy film directed by

Oldřich Lipský Oldřich Lipský (4 July 1924 – 19 October 1986) was a Czech film director and screenwriter, brother of actor Lubomír Lipský. All his films were comedies, frequently employing themes of Dadaism, farce and magical realism. He was a frequent c ...

. It is based on

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

's novel ''

The Carpathian Castle ''The Carpathian Castle'' (french: Le Château des Carpathes) is a novel by Jules Verne first published in 1892. It is possible that Bram Stoker took inspiration from this for his 1897 novel '' Dracula''. Due to castle aspect and local toponymy, ...

''.

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The film marks Lipský's third and final collaboration with screenwriter

Jiří Brdečka Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director. Life Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family; his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), wrote under the pse ...

. Props were created by artist

Jan Švankmajer Jan Švankmajer (; born 4 September 1934) is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his stop-motion animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Terr ...

Cast

Michal Dočolomanský Michal Dočolomanský (25 March 1942 in Niedzica – 26 August 2008 in Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of th ...

as Count Teleke z Tölökö *

Jan Hartl Jan Hartl (born 12 September 1952) is a Czech actor who played Karel Horák in the 2000 Czech film ''Little Otik'', also known as ''Otesánek''. He was born in Prague, Czech Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia). Hartl is a member of the Nationa ...

as Vilja Dézi *

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 childhood ...

as Baron Robert Gorc of Gorcena *

Rudolf Hrušínský Rudolf Hrušínský (17 October 1920 – 13 April 1994) was a Czech actor. He was one of the most popular Czech actors. Many of his movies such as ''The Good Soldier Švejk'', ''The Cremator'' or '' Capricious Summer'' are considered classics of ...

as Professor Orfanik *

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 Butler Ignác *

Jaroslava Kretschmerová Jaroslava may refer to: *Jaroslava Bajerová (1910–1995), Czech gymnast *Jaroslava Brychtová (born 1924), Czech glass artist and sculptor *Jaroslava Bukvajová (born 1975), Slovak cross country skier * Jaroslava Krčálová, Czechoslovak slalom ...

as Myriota * Evelyna Steimarová as Primadona Salsa Verde *

Augustín Kubáň Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), was a Church Father. Augustine may also refer to: People * Augustine (actor) (1955–2013), Malayalam film actor * Augustine of Canterbury (died 604), the first Archbishop of Canterbury * Saint Augustine (d ...

as Servant Zutro aka Tóma Hluchoněmec *

Jan Skopeček Jan Skopeček (19 September 1925 – 27 July 2020) was a Czech actor and playwright. Born in Litoměřice, Skopeček began his acting career in 1949, appearing in numerous plays. He was married to actress Věra Tichánková Věra Tichánk ...

as Frik

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* 1981 comedy films 1981 films Films directed by Oldřich Lipský Czech science fiction comedy films Jan Švankmajer Films based on works by Jules Verne Films with screenplays by Jiří Brdečka Czechoslovak science fiction comedy films 1980s Czech films Czech parody films {{1980s-comedy-film-stub

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