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Radúz and Mahulena is an 1898 stage play by Czech novelist Julius Zeyer.^[1] It was made into a film in 1970, directed by Petr Weigl.

Story

Zeyer's dramatic poem is a love story, combining classical fairy-tale motifs with mythological references. Radúz and Mahulena, from feuding kingdoms, fall in love, but have to face various challenges, including the sorcery of Queen Runa. As well as Slovak myths and fairy tales, the story also draws from the Indian drama Shakuntala by the poet Kalidasa.

Film cast

Directed by Petr Weigl.

Magda Vašaryová as Mahulena
Jan Tříska as Radúz
Jiří Adamíra as Stojmír
Vladimír Ráž as Radovíd
Jaroslava Adamová as Runa
Nada Urbánková as Prija
Jaroslava Obermaierová as Živa
Dana Medřická as Nyola
Václav Mareš as Pribina
Vladimír Menšík as Vratko
Marie Popelková as Maid of Honour
Jiří Hospoda as Lover
František Michálek as Herold
Richard Záhorský as Sawyer
Petr Svojtka as Singer
Miroslav Kura as Dancer
Ľubomír Paulovič as Prince

References

^ Gassner, John, ed. (2002). "Czechoslovakia: Bohemia and Moravia". The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama. Courier Dover Publications. p. 163. ISBN 9780486420646.

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[1] Gassner, John, ed. (2002). "Czechoslovakia: Bohemia and Moravia". The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama. Courier Dover Publications. p. 163. ISBN 9780486420646.

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