Réalisation:
Martin FričPhotographie:
Jan StallichActeurs·trices:
Jan Werich, Marie Vášová, Nataša Gollová, Bohuš Záhorský, Jiří Plachý st., Zdeněk Štěpánek, František Filipovský, František Černý, Václav Trégl (plus)Résumés(1)
A Prague, sous le règne de l'empereur Rodolphe II, rien ne va plus ! Lepeuple vit dans la misère, tandis que l'empereur dépense des fortunes colossales pour toute oeuvre d'art. Il invite ainsi à sa cour tous les artistes du moment, mais aussi toute une ribambelle d'astrologues, alchimistes, sorciers, et autres charlatans. L'empereur fait travailler ses chercheurs pour percer le secret de l'élixir de jeunesse. De même, il harcèle ses valets et soldats pour qu'ils trouvent coûte que coûte le légendaire Golem. Un jour, le boulanger Matej est enfermé dans les cachots du château. Mais ce Matej ressemble bien étrangement, comme deux gouttes d'eau, à l'empereur Rodolphe II. (Artus Films)
(plus)Critiques (3)
The first half is dominated throughout by Werich's bravura portrayal of the decadent, spoiled, and childish emperor, through which, incidentally, he brilliantly revives archaic vocabulary ("there will be no hackles"). The second half, crammed with the constructivist cackling of a street-wise baker, gets on the nerves a bit in places. Not perhaps because of what he’s preaching about (the times demanded that we just try it), but how he does it in a self-aware and transparent way. One can get past this, however, by purely objectifying scenes like "the protagonist gets confused by the color red and a plum, so he starts singing, without anyone asking, in honor of the utopian beauties of socialism." Hand on heart, who among you has never had that happen?
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“This one can do this, that one can do that and all together they are doing much.” – The Czech Christmas classic.
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Perhaps the only film where I don't mind the obvious building pathos. There's so much sincere faith and enthusiasm, so much anticipation and passion that when members of different crafts start singing that famous hymn, I get chills. The good from the '50s is what makes this film. In the best sense of the word, this is fun for the people, but intelligent, graceful and exciting. With his double role, Jan Werich may have historically made Rudolf II impossible, but he has made him probably the most popular film monarch. Before SORELA made a hideous propaganda pamphlet out of Czech film without a drop of taste and artistic ambition, Frič proved that at its core, an engaged culture for the wide masses is possible... Unfortunately, if it's of really good quality, it proclaims values other than what the dark totalitarianism needs... How else do you explain that this work has enjoyed lasting popularity for more than half a century?
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