The Golden Fern

Overview

Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 29, 1963

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Marie Walterová,A. Šťastná,Světla Amortová,Jaroslav Vojta,Eugen Jegorov,Milan Kindl,Zdeněk Skalický,Helena Růžičková,J. Neumanová,Karel Dubaand 40 more

Director

Jiří Weiss

Writer

Otomar Krejča,Jan Drda,Jiří Weiss,Jan Procházka

Producer

Erich Švabík

Cinematography

Bedřich Baťka

Music

Jiří Srnka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0176345