The Barley Boy

Country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2003

Production year

2002

Premiere

23 November 2006

Runtime

61 min

Category

film

Genre

fairytale

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

O Ječmínkovi

Czech title

O Ječmínkovi

English title

The Barley Boy

Summary

A fairy tale based on a Han legend about a king who was born to a simple woman on the edge of a grain field and then brought good and righteous rule to his people. As in any fairy tale, there is no lack of bad fortune and magical power that influence the life destinies of Marina and Jan and their son, whom the people have named Ječmínek.

Cast

Radim Drexler

Voice by Marek Cieslar
Ječmínek

Anna Cónová

víla Plevelice

Kamila Magálová

Voice by Ilona Svobodová
Dobrá víla polí

Ivana Stejskalová

víla Chrpka

Petr Štěpán

hrabě Radslav

Pavel Rímský

správčí

Dušan Škubal

dráb Hlavizna

Crew and creators

Screenplay

Jan Jílek

Director of Photography

Martin Kubala

Production Designer

Petr Fořt

Costume Designer

Alena Schäferová

Film Editor

Milan Cieslar

Sound Designer

František Rampa

Visual Effects

Petr Bíma, Boris Masník

Producer

Hana Bílá

Production Manager

Ljuba Pašková

Music

Music Composed by

Jiří Pavlica

Locations

zámek Milotice, zámek Velké Losiny

Production info

Original Title

O Ječmínkovi

Czech Title

O Ječmínkovi

English Title

The Barley Boy

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

fairytale

Origin country

Czech Republic

Copyright

2003

Production Year

2002

Premiere

non-distribution premiere 18 April 2003 (televizní uvedení ČT 1)
premiere 23 November 2006 /suitable for all ages/ (kino Sokol, Kladno)

Distribution slogan

A fairytale on Turkish dangers, evil fairies and a king born in a wheat field.

Production

ČESKÁ TELEVIZE, TS Ostrava (ČESKÁ TELEVIZE), Centrum dramatické tvorby (TS Ostrava)

Distribution

Atypfilm, s. r. o.

Export

Telexport

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

61 min

Distribution carrier

DVD

Aspect ratio

1:1,78

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono, digital sound

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech