Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.

8

107 min

Cast

Jan Werich

as král Já I.

Vlasta Burian

as kancléř Atakdále

Irena Kačírková

as princezna Drahomíra

Stella Májová

as princezna Zpěvanka

Milena Dvorská

as princezna Maruška

František Černý

as kuchař

Lubomír Lipský

as princ chrabrý, syn Děloslava VIII.

Miloš Kopecký

as chytrý princ

Miroslav Horníček

as princ krásný, syn Alabastra XVI.

Terezie Brzková

as stařenka kořenářka

Zdeněk Dítě

as zahradník

Josef Pehr

as dudák

Vladimír Ráž

as rybář

Marie Glázrová

as vdova Kubátová, podruhyně

Fanda Mrázek

as celník Martínek

František Hanus

as pláteník

Gustav Hrdlička

as sklenkář

Eman Fiala

as krejčí

Bohuš Hradil

as dvořan

Marcela Sedláčková

as dvorní dáma

Eva Klepáčová

as žena v podhradí

Josef Bartůněk

as muž v podhradí

Ladislav Gzela

as hrnčíř v podhradí

Vladimír Klemens

as dirigent

Slávka Rosenbergová

as žena v podhradí

Josef Bělský

as dvořan

Jiří Novotný

as kuchtík

Karel Hovorka

as dvořan

Vladimír Jedenáctík

as dvořan

Karla Svobodová

as holčička

Irena Bernátová

as dvorní dáma

Jiří Valenta

as dvořan u dalekohledu

Jiřina Lukešová

Zdeněk Kříž

Eva Hepnerová

Director

Bořivoj Zeman