Lotrando a Zubejda

Lotrando a Zubejda
Directed by	Karel Smyczek
Written by	Zdeněk Svěrák Karel Smyczek
Based on	Karel Čapek Zdeněk Svěrák
Produced by	Karel Škop, Robert Fuksa
Starring	Jiří Strach Barbora Seidlová Pavel Zedníček Arnošt Goldflam Jiří Pecha Jiří Lábus Miroslav Táborský Ladislav Gerendáš Jaroslav Sypal Marián Labuda Ljuba Krbová
Cinematography	Jan Malíř
Edited by	Zdeněk Patočka
Music by	Jaroslav Uhlíř
Release date	11 September 1997 (1997-09-11)
Running time	106 min.
Countries	Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France
Language	Czech

Lotrando a Zubejda is a Czech musical fairy tale film directed by Karel Smyczek and written by Zdeněk Svěrák as an adaptation of two fairy tales: "Doctors" and "Highwaymen", by Karel Čapek, from the book Niner Fairytales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure.

Cast and characters

• Jiří Strach as Lotrando
• Barbora Seidlová as Zubejda
• Pavel Zedníček as Drnec
• Arnošt Goldflam as Mr. Lustig
• Jiří Lábus as Vince
• Jiří Pecha as Old Lotrando
• Marián Labuda as Sultan
• Miroslav Táborský as Hali
• Ladislav Gerendáš as Beli
• Jaroslav Sypal as Zeli
• Ljuba Krbová as La Mad
• Josef Karlík as Prior
• Vladimír Javorský as Father Amadeus
• Jaroslava Krettschmerová as Stepmother
• Naďa Konvalinková as Drnec's wife
• Barbora Srncová as Anna
• Oldřich Navrátil as Muezzin

Synopsis

The story is about a boy (Lotrando) who was born into a band of robbers in Bohemia. Unfortunately, Lotrando didn't have a mom. He wanted to go to study, which he was finally allowed to do. When he graduated, his dad was dying and told him that from now on he was the leader of the bandits. Well, but of course the student didn't know, how to be a good robber, so the whole gang made fun of him. He went away and in the forest he met a woodcutter (Drnec) who taught him how to cut trees. One day, in a faraway exotic place, a rare princess (Zubejda), the Sultan's only daughter, fell ill. So, the Sultan sent three messengers to find the doctor. (A doctor has the title Dr. in Czech Republic) When they found that [dr]voštěp (woodcutter) [Dr]nec, they figured out it must be a doctor if he had "Dr" in his name twice. They brought him and his younger colleague to see the princess. They saw tall trees all over the place of Zubejda's home. Because they were both woodcutters, they decided to cut all of the trees. Sultan wasn't really happy. But when Zubejda saw the sunlight, smell their food and tried it, she was completely cured. But... Lotrando fell ill! Princess's maid asked him, where does it hurt, and she soon find out, he's in love with princess. Also Lotrando find out, the maid is actually his mother. So Lotrando and Zubejda have a wedding and they lived together for the rest of their lives.

External links

• Lotrando and Zubejda -> ČSFD.cz
• Lotrando and Zubejda -> ČFN.cz