The Golden Fern

Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.

• Release date
• August 29, 1963
• Runtime
• 115 min
• Genres
• War, Fantasy, History
• Director
• Jiří Weiss

Cast

Vít Olmer Jura Dana Smutná General's Daughter Karla Chadimová Lesanka Radoslav Brzobohatý Matěj

Z

Zdeněk Braunschläger Martin František Smolík General Čestmír Řanda Otomar Krejča