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Jitka RudolfováForgatókönyvíró:
Jitka RudolfováOperatőr:
Ferdinand MazurekSzereplők:
Viktor Preiss, Michal Balcar, Dana Droppová, Denisa Biskupová, Éva Bandor, Alena Antalová, Jana Plodková, Jaroslav Plesl, Václav Neužil ml. (több)Tartalmak(1)
A fairy-tale about love, greed and pettiness, as well as human courage and resourcefulness. When Urban is born, three spirits gather above his cradle to foretell his fate. The two good spirits speak of love and wealth, while the bad one tells of poverty and endless woes. Which of the prophesies is stronger? Urban soon becomes orphaned and is taken as an apprentice by a stingy watchmaker. When Urban grows up, he falls in love with the watchmakerʼs daughter Laura, and the wedding day is soon coming. The Master sends his apprentice into the world to find a mythical watch that predicts death. Nobody knows if it exist at all, but if Urban doesnʼt return with the watch, Laura will not become his wife. So the watchmakerʼs apprentice embarks on a mission full of obstacles that he must overcome with bravery, a quick mind, and good heart. (MFFK Febiofest)
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I really wanted to like the Watchmaker's Apprentice, if only for its great cast. My wish didn’t exactly come true. The fairy tale was quite watchable, but there were too many things that didn’t make sense. For instance, I found it really hard to believe that a boy and a girl who had been growing up together for ten years wouldn’t talk about their mutual affection until their engagement. Not even children for whom the fairy tale was intended would be fooled by that these days. Children have access to the Internet and obviously know much more than the writer/director thinks. I absolutely didn’t like Michal Balcar as Urban, on the other hand, Jana Plodková scored a lot of points with me. It's a shame that the creators didn't put more effort into the story, the potential was there.
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I really liked the period setting of this fairytale; the costumes, the masks and locations were excellent. But what I found disappointing was the extremely dragged out story. The plot was very weak and you could tell that it was over-long. The human characters seemed very shallow and lacked any development. This movie is of average quality, much helped by the visuals and the acting performances of the "witches".
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Being one year older, The Magic Quill is an even better film, but this film is also an exceptionally good new fairy tale. Perfectly cast and acted, surprising, crazy fun (Miroslav Krobot, I need not say more) and thrilling, with a beautiful stage sets (I always appreciate when the creators decide to get rid of the usual “alternative Middle Ages" and use a different time period, this time the end of the 19th century) and, thanks to Jitka Rudolfová, it is filled with impressive scenes of all kinds.
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