Directed by:
Pavel KoutskýScreenplay:
Pavel KoutskýComposer:
Miroslav KořínekCast:
Jiří Lábus, Oldřich Kaiser, Viktor Preiss, Martha Issová, Jan Přeučil, Marek Eben, Otakar Brousek ml., Barbora Hrzánová, Pavel Rímský, Valérie Zawadská (more)Plots(1)
What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our history textbooks try to tell us? What if Master Jan Hus didn't even get warm in Constance, let alone burn up? What if Jan Žižka had more than one healthy eye? This animated comedy from director Pavel Koutský playfully breaks the myths about the Hussite era as the pedestal of history is occupied not by preachers and military leaders but by two unbelievable scatterbrains, who become the heroes of their time against their will. Čeněk of Wartenberg, the highest Bohemian burgrave, chooses them as ideal pawns for his refined game of chess, deftly manoeuvring between the rulers Wenceslaus IV and Sigismund. Mlhoš and Záboj are not capable of fulfilling even the tiniest of tasks, which they compensate through their typical Czech cunning and their art for madcap improvisation, ultimately influencing the course and the outcome of the Hussite Wars. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jiří Lábus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Oldřich Kaiser
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Viktor Preiss
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Brouk v hlavě (2020) (theatrical recording)
Scapinova šibalství (1980) (TV movie)
Martha Issová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Even Mice Belong in Heaven (2021)
Jan Přeučil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Marek Eben
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
Praha stověžatá (2016) (theatrical recording)
Arabesky (1987) (TV movie)
Otakar Brousek ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Záhada (2011) (theatrical recording)
Blboun (2001) (theatrical recording)
Barbora Hrzánová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdý Budžes (2003) (theatrical recording)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Pavel Rímský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Krvavá svatba (1987) (theatrical recording)
Valérie Zawadská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
The Cow (1993)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
Petr Vacek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gobseck (1985) (TV movie)
Saturnin (1994)
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)