The Emperor and the Golem
Císařův pekař – Pekařův císař
Release: 1952-01-04
·Runtime: 144m
·★ 6.9
Comedy
Fantasy
The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order. However, the conspirators, not to be outdone, determine to bring the Golem back to life to do their bidding.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production Companies
Československý státní film
Cast
Jan Werich
as Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
Nataša Gollová
as Katerina aka Sirael
Jiří Plachý
as Edward Kelley
František Černý
as Hieroným Alessandro Scotta, alchemist
Marie Vášová
as Countess Katharina Strada
Bohuš Záhorský
as Lang
Zdeněk Štěpánek
as Marshal Russworm
František Filipovský
as Court Astrologer
Václav Trégl
as The Emperor's Servant
Vladimír Leraus
as Hungarian Delegate
Miloš Nedbal
as Court Physician
Bohuš Hradil
as Tycho de Brahe
Lubomír Lipský
as An Alchemist
Theodor Pištěk
Bohumil Bezouška
as Artist Hans von Aachen
Felix le Breux
Josef Kemr
as The Atom-Splitting Alchemist
Fanda Mrázek
Ota Motyčka
Jan S. Kolár
as An Alchemist
Eliška Kuchařová
as The Gardener
Josef Hlinomaz
Alois Dvorský
as Man Outside Bakery
Jana Werichová
Marie Nademlejnská
as Woman Outside Bakery
Magda Kopřivová
Miloš Kopecký
as An Alchemist
Ladislav Rychman
as Man at Desk
Věra Chytilová
as First Handmaiden
