On this site you will find Information about the Cast and Crew of "Three Gifts for Cinderella".
I owe Diane and an unnamed person ;-) for all information taken from Filmobibliographischer Jahresbericht (FBJ) 1973 (!). Berlin (East) 1973, p.15f., about the German dubbing of the film. Information about the Czech dubbers is taken from the Czech Database ČFN (České Filomvé Nebe). Thanks to Katerina Spieß-Velcovska for lingual help.
| Cast |
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| Cinderella |  |
Prince |  |
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| Stepmother |  |
Carola Braunbock
† |
King |  |
Rolf Hoppe
(Otto Šimánek) † |
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| Dora |  |
Daniela Hlaváčová |
Queen |  |
Karin
Lesch (Vlasta Fialova) |
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| Vinzek |  |
Preceptor |  |
Jan
Libíček † (Ivan Malré) |
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| Housekeeper |  |
Míla
Myslíková (Waltraut Kramm) |
Kamil |  |
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| Meier |  |
Jan Šůs |
Vitek |  |
Jaroslav Drbohlav
† (Gerd Blahuschek) |
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| Boy in the kitchen |  |
Jiří Růžicka † |
Jester |  |
Jiří Krytinář | |
| Jurasek |  |
two white horses | Huntsman |  |
Miloš Vavruška |
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| Rosie |  |
an owl | Chief of Protocol |  |
Holger Eckert | |
| Doves |  |
some pigeons | Little Rosie |
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Helena Růžicková † | |
| Dog |  |
Countess Stauff |  |
Ostara Körner | ||
| Cat |  |
Baroness of Eckenstein |  |
Erika Stiska | ||
| Girl with fried chicken |  |
Danuše Mikulová | Fox |  |
two Foxes | |
| Crew | ||
| Script | Bohumila Zelenková after fairytale motifs of Božena Němcová | |
| Director | Václav Vorlíček | |
| Production Designers | Alfred Thomalla, Olin Bosák | |
| Art Directors | Werner Zieschang, Bohumil Nový | |
| 1st Cameraperson | Adolf Hejzlar |
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| Filmfotograf | Jaromír Komárek | |
| Assistent Director | Peter Bohnenstengel | |
| Film Editing | Barbara Leuschner, Miroslav Hájek | |
| Sound Department | František Fabián | |
| Sound | Gerhard Ribbek | |
| Costume Designers | Günther Schmidt, Theodor Pištěk (II.) | |
| Makeup artists | Otto Bause, Hannelore Petzold, Vladimír Petrina | |
| Music | Karel Svoboda, Film-Sinfonical-Orchestra Prague, Conducted by: Štěpán Koníček |
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| Dramaturgist | Marcela Pittermann | |
| Cinematography | Josef Illík | |
| Still Photographer | Harald Andreas, René Lavecká | |
| 2nd Assistant Director | Michael Englberger, Jaroslav Pour | |
| Production Management | Heinz Herrmann, Jirí Hrejcí | |
| a Co-production of DEFA-Studios for Movies, group "Berlin"
together with Filmové Studio Barrandov dramaturgical group Ota Hofman |
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The Czech original Title is Tři oříšky pro Popelku,
the German title is Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel.
The Premiere was in the CSSR on November, 11th. 1973; in the GDR it was
first shown in the East-Berlin-Cinema "Babylon" on March, 10th. 1974. 1)
The Script
is to be found in the Library of the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" (Academy for film and TV) in Potsdam-Babelsberg with the number X 694. This copy does not circulate and may only be examined in the Library, http://www.bibl.hff-potsdam.de/defa50/defa5012.html. Perhaps someone can go there and have a look at it
Pohádka
Three nuts for Cinderella or Tři oříšky pro Popelku is a children's fairytale film that o very popular at Christmas. The Czech people call it pohádka, but, according to several persons, who sent friendly mails, pohádka simply means fairytale, though it also means dream. I also read on some Czech websites (fortunately in English) that Pohádky are a traditional part of the Christmas season, as traditional as carp dinner. Now most of you will think: "Sure, it is the same for me, I always watch, when it's shown on TV at Christmas-time." Well, I do, too, of course; unfortunately, I do not know any Czech, so I have to believe in what I read on the net, which says that classical pohádky films are seen by up to 40% of the population. Adults as well as children watch them and plan gift exchange parties around them. Unbelievable. "Tři oříšky..." ranks is more popular than "Prince and Evening-Star" (with Libuse and Pavel!) and "Father Frost", a russian pohádka. Those who like more information about these films should visit: http://www.ce-review.org/00/2/partridge2.html
"Barrandov", named for the french research scientist Joachim Barrand,
is not only the name of the big Prague Filmstudios but the quarter of
Prague, to be accurate
,
located at the point where the high shore of the Vltava river enters the
old city.Barrand died in 1883, but before he did, he earned recognition
in the field of paleontologics (science of remnants and artefacts of the
deard) in middle-Bohemia.
Apart from the filmstudios there is a lagerbeer named Barrandov. 3)
"Filmove Studios Barrandov" has existed since 1930. Some years ago, Moravia Steel took controlling interest in the studio. Despite some irregularities in the financial sector, e.g. Moravia Steel manipulated the financial record of the studio, reported high losses in 1998, and put up the studio for credit to support another subsidiary company - it appears that Filmstudios Barrandov will produce further films. Some recent blockbusters have been made there, e.g. "Mission Impossible", "Blade II" and "TripleX".4)
sources
3) http://www.radio.cz/news/DE/1999/15.08.html und http://www.barrandov.co.uk/name.html
4) http://www.radio.cz/deutsch/block/15-5-97.html, Fotos: Kathrin Richter