Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...
1955A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.
Acted in
Jan Werich
as král Já I.
Vlasta Burian
as kancléř Atakdále
Irena Kačírková
as princezna Drahomíra
Stella Májová
as princezna Zpěvanka
Milena Dvorská
as princezna Maruška
František Černý
as kuchař
Lubomír Lipský
as princ chrabrý, syn Děloslava VIII.
Miloš Kopecký
as chytrý princ
Miroslav Horníček
as princ krásný, syn Alabastra XVI.
Terezie Brzková
as stařenka kořenářka
Zdeněk Dítě
as zahradník
Josef Pehr
as dudák
Vladimír Ráž
as rybář
Marie Glázrová
as vdova Kubátová, podruhyně
Fanda Mrázek
as celník Martínek
František Hanus
as pláteník
Gustav Hrdlička
as sklenkář
Eman Fiala
as krejčí
Bohuš Hradil
as dvořan
Marcela Sedláčková
as dvorní dáma
Eva Klepáčová
as žena v podhradí
Josef Bartůněk
as muž v podhradí
Ladislav Gzela
as hrnčíř v podhradí
Vladimír Klemens
as dirigent
Slávka Rosenbergová
as žena v podhradí
Josef Bělský
as dvořan
Jiří Novotný
as kuchtík
Karel Hovorka
as dvořan
Vladimír Jedenáctík
as dvořan
Karla Svobodová
as holčička
Irena Bernátová
as dvorní dáma
Jiří Valenta
as dvořan u dalekohledu
Jiřina Lukešová
Zdeněk Kříž
Eva Hepnerová