Milos Smidmajer Movies
A mysterious attic packed with long-forgotten items of decades gone by serves as the starting point for this imaginative and visually dynamic fantasy from Czech director Jiri Barta and screenwriter Edgar Dutka. Done with a combination of live action and stop-motion animation, the tale concerns Buttercup, a beautiful doll who falls into the clutches of the Plaster Head, ruler of the Land of Evil. In response, an army of abandoned toys who hold Buttercup dear in their hearts stage a valiant rescue effort. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Boris Hybner
- 2009
This witty Czech-language period comedy from director Milos Smidmajer concerns the plight of a young woman, Princess Aneta (Tereza Voriskova) who begins to buckle beneath the weight of an arranged engagement. Years ago, Aneta's elders planned for her to wed Prince Jeronym (Jiri Madl), a thorough klutz and buffoon - a prospect that couldn't interest Aneta less. Jeronym's father, King Bedrich, perceives the pending nuptials as a stepping stone to greatness, as the union will allow him to begin building a great empire; Aneta's father, on the other hand - King Leopold - fully sides with his daughter and concocts a nutty scheme to protect the girl: he tells everyone that Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness, wants to marry his daughter - assuming that Bedrich and Jeronym will promptly lose interest when they learn of this. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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