Feature Film | Comic Fantasy | Czechoslovakia | Czech | 1h16m
Dir: Václav Vorlíček | Scr: Václav Vorlíček, Milos Macourek, & Hermína Franková | Ph: Vladimír Novotný | Prod: Jiří Šebor | Mus: Angelo Michajlov | Ed: Miroslav Hájek | PD: Oldrich Bosák | Snd: Jirí Hora | Cast: Petra Černocká, Jan Hrusínský, Jan Kraus, František Filipovský, Vladimír Menšík, Vlastimil Zavřel, Michal Hejný, Jaromír Spal, Vlastimil Hasek, Zdeněk Dítě, Robert Vrchota, Karel Pavlík, Jirí Lír, Josef Bláha, Jan Libíček
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In Vorlíček’s fun fantasy film, a young witch, upset at the thought of being kept behind after school for 300 years, escapes to the human world to live a less pressurised life. However, in order to stay there permanently, she must acquire and drink some hag’s ear brew, which she soon finds herself striving to do – but her efforts, more often than not, merely result in someone or other getting turned into a rabbit. The performances are somewhat mixed, but the effects work is charming, giving appealing life to the film’s gentle fantasy and even gentler humour.
