The Watermill Princess
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The Watermill Princess

6.0 / 10 1994 1h 39mNR Czech
FamilyFantasyComedy

Storyline

In a South Bohemian village in the middle of silver ponds and dark forests lives Jindřich (Radek Valenta), who one day goes out into the world with a firm decision to free the cursed princess. On the way, he reaches a haunted mill, where the beautiful Eliška (Andrea Černá) lives with her father. Eliška likes the young man, so she tells him that the cursed princess is in the pond and Jindřich remains in the mill as a helper. However, the devil and the waterman, who like Eliška, don't like that. With the help of various intrigues and incantations, they try to expel Jindřich from the mill, but soon a third groom appears there - an old rich man. However, since Eliška rejects all the suitors, the miller's father gets angry and gives her an ultimatum: either she chooses a suitor herself by the full moon, or the one who asks for her hand first gets her. So a fight ensues between the grooms...

Cast & Crew

Radek Valenta

Radek Valenta

Jindřich

Lead
Andrea Černá

Andrea Černá

Eliška

Yvetta Blanarovičová

Yvetta Blanarovičová

čert

Jakub Zindulka

Jakub Zindulka

vodník

Lucie Bílá

Lucie Bílá

čarodějnice

Alois Švehlík

Alois Švehlík

mlynář

Oto Ševčík

Oto Ševčík

knížepán

Ladislav Županič

Ladislav Županič

Žán

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Zdeněk Troška's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Watermill Princess is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker