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Létající Čestmír

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Létající Čestmír
StarringLukáš Bech, Vladimír Menšík, Ivana Andrlová
Narrated byAlena Karešová
Country of originCzechoslovakia
West Germany
Original languageCzech
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time45 minutes
Original release
NetworkCzechoslovak Television
Release21 December (1984-12-21) –
26 December 1984 (1984-12-26)

Létající Čestmír (The Flying Cestmír) is a six-part television series for children, which was co-produced by Czechoslovakia and West Germany in 1983 by director Václav Vorlíček. The series was also broadcast in Vietnam, Mongolia, Germany (Der fliegende Ferdinand), Poland (Latający Czestmir), Hungary, Bulgaria.[1] In Germany it is known under name Der Fliegende Ferdinand (The Flying Ferdinand).[2]

Plot

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The main hero is the student Čestmír Trnka, who reaches the planet of flowers thanks to a strange and miraculous meteorite. From here he will bring the seeds of two magical flowers. Thanks to one he can fly,[3] thanks to the other he looks like an adult for a while.

Flowers

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The following miraculous flowers appear in the series:

  • Flying flower - whoever smells it can fly.
  • The flower of aging - whoever smells it grows old.
  • The flower of goodness - whoever smells it has a desire to make others happy, even at their own expense.
  • The flower of intelligence - whoever smells it will become very intelligent and gain a lot of knowledge.
  • The flower of health - whoever smells it will be cured of all diseases, including hair loss.
  • Flower of power - whoever smells it has great physical strength.
  • Flower of hearing - whoever smells it will get good hearing. For example, they can hear people's conversations even at a great distance.
  • White flower - whoever smells it will rejuvenate into childhood.

The effect of the health flower and the white flower is permanent, while the effect of the other flowers will disappear after a certain period of time.

Cast

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Episodes

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  1. Modrý kámen
  2. Šest květináčů
  3. Geniální rodina
  4. Velký vezír
  5. Rodina na větvi
  6. Poslední květina

Production

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The exteriors of the series were filmed in Mělník and Štiřín Castle.[4] The series exists in two versions, German and Czech. The Czech version has 6 parts of approx. 45 minutes each, the German version has 12 parts of approx. 30 minutes each. The scenes where the inscriptions are in the shot were filmed twice, once in the Czech version and the second time in the German version. Some shots are only found in the Czech version, missing in the German version. Production took eight months.[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Seriály - Retro". Czech Television (in Czech). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Létající Čestmír (1983)". Czech and Slovak Film Database (in Czech). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. ^ ADAMOVIČ, Ivan (1994). Encyklopedie fantastického filmu (1. vyd ed.). Praha: Cinema. p. 200. ISBN 80-901675-3-5.
  4. ^ "Létající Čestmír". Filmová místa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  5. ^ "V Čestmírovi herci létali díky železným plátům i vepřovému sádlu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
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