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The Jester and the Queen

Original title
Sasek a královna
Year
Running time
111 min.
Country
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
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Screenwriter
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Genre
Comedy
Synopsis
Originally a theater play starring Bolek Polivka (Czech) and his wife Chantal Poullain-Polivkova (French), the movie is a satirical look at foreign occupation - a medieval Czech jester entertains a German king and his French wife, or a modern Czech villager helps a Bavarian hunter and his French wife find wild boar in Bohemia - the story switches back and forth between the two plots and time-periods. Listen as the jester corrects the queen's Czech, proclaiming "Neumí Çe-e-e-sky": she can't speak Czech. Polívka uses traditional pantomime techniques as part of the jester's repertoire.

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User history
The Jester and the Queen
1988
Vera Chytilová
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