Strašidla z Vikýře
Directed by:
Radim CvrčekComposer:
Ondřej SoukupCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Josef Somr, Jana Štěpánková, Katka Šulajová, Anna Šulajová, Michal Dočolomanský, Jiří Maršálek, Vilma Jamnická, Jiřina Bohdalová (more)Plots(1)
Teresa arrives on vacation to her grandparents. Grandpa is the village jack-of-all-trades and an amateur sculptor; Grandma enjoys smoking cigars. Their tranquility does not last long. A local wealthy man, Napakunk, wants Grandpa to carve a statue of his daughter Pepina, but Grandpa refuses – he can't find a block strong enough to carve such a fat girl. So Napakunk cuts down the linden tree where the grandparents first met and takes it to Grandpa, who gets angry and throws him out. Napakunk then gets revenge by destroying the spooky garden grandpa built for Tereza. Only a small wooden monster remains, which suddenly comes to life and starts wreaking havoc on Napakunk... (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Reviews (1)
Years later, I found the courage to watch it again and I came to a turning point in that I don't mind Cvikýř so much anymore. It's still no miracle, but the solid Hrušínský and Štěpánková duo have their moments, especially when complemented by Dočolomanský, and the casting didn't fall short with Šulajová either. However, it is still too bad that it is probably unintentionally more of a socially realistic probe into the life of a small village and its inhabitants than an imaginative fairy tale for young people. The fairy-tale playfulness is mostly just Soukup's successful music and a few props whose show ideally recalls the best that other Czech fairy tales already offered in full measure.
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