Movielogr
The Magpie in the Wisp (1991)
Directed by Juraj Herz
Overview
In the film, the creative forces of personalities from three spheres of art collide. The subtitle “The Game of Love and Hate” refers to the motivation of an old Czech medieval satire, the theme belongs to Antonín Přidal, an expert on this subject. His collaboration with Juraj Herz created a collage of past and present, an updated, sharp satire and a parable about the clash of human qualities that could not but end up in the vault. The music of the Prague Selection - Michael Kocáb and Michal Pavlíček - also contributed to the film’s offensive provocativeness - the film was one of the reasons for their complete move to the underground. The dancing chorus of medieval citizens resembles more of a jumble of long-haired maniacs, the edge of a contemporary dump intrudes into the space of a medieval marketplace, and the characters oscillate between the past and the present, whether in their appearance, symbolism or behaviour.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Györgyi Tarján | Zdenka Sajfertová | Leoš Suchařípa | Jan Hrušínský | Boris Rösner | Karel Heřmánek | Vladimír Hauser | Miroslav Donutil | Boris Hybner | Ivan Podobský | Frank Towen | Vašek Kovařík | Kateřina Burianová | Dana Balounová | Marie Spurná | Ivana Vavrová | Zuzana Hodkova | Tomáš Töpfer | Václav Knop | Alexei Okunev | Ivan Rajmont | Luděk Čtvrtlík | Pavel Rímský | Gabriela Wilhelmová | Rostislav Novák | Oskar Hák | Jiří Knot | Hana Militká | Jaroslav Malík ml. | Oldřich Navrátil | Radan Rusev | Rudolf Stärz | Dagmar Benešlová | E. Formánková | J. Garaiová | V. Hrabaňová | Jana Pavlátová | M. Strinčáková | I. Dubský | M. Kobal | J. Kadeřábek | Richard Kraus | J. Kukal | A. Mucha | V. Prajzler | A. Šístek | P. Vrága | Jiří Vnouček | Miroslav Vránek | T. Zetek | Jan Cmíral | J. Dobeš | J. Doubrava | G. Dörnerová | Soňa Dvořáková | Eva Hlaváčková | Eva Hořánková | Eva Jeníčková | Pavel Linhart | Karel Lupoměský | Mirko Musil | Olga Michálková | Ivana Mervartová | René Netopilík | Bedřich Prokůpek | P. Rejzek | Hana Sudolská | Julie Soukupová | Jelena Juklová | Karel Vaněk | Pavel Vangeli | Antonín Novotný | Jaroslav Tomsa | Pavel Havránek | T. Benešová | M. Grušová | Pavla Michálková | Eva Machová | K. Pavlíková-Preislerová | M. Polášková | J. Šišková | M. Vavřincová | Miroslava Vydrová | Ariana Shameti | Lucie Stropnická | H. Šalátová | A. Šviha | Nina Vangeli | Zdena Pojezdná | Petr Vacek | Vladimír Hulec | Pavel Marek | J. Vančura | Vilém Čok | Jiří Hrubeš | Michael Kocáb | Michal Pavlíček | Dana Bartůňková | Jiří Prager | Dalimil Klapka | Miloslav Štibich