Hawk’s Wisdom

The king and the pregnant queen listen in panic the prophecy of the Hawks mother: the son who is going soon to be borne will kill his father. Until that time, spring will not return to the Hawks kingdom. The queen dies during child birth. The king orders killing the new born baby, but the nanny brings him to the woods and puts him in front of the cottage of a bird catcher. The bird catcher takes the boy in. He calls him Kryštof and brings him up, together with his own son, Janek. The Hawks kingdom suffers for twenty years from cruel winters. The wise man, Ordon, makes the king attack the neighbouring kingdom of King Ubald. Both Janek and Kryštof must join the war. In a battle, Kryštof kills the Hawks king, his own father. By that act, the battle is over and Ubald is the winner. Both young men, Janek and Kryštof, fall in love with Ubald's daughter, Viola. The princess gives her ring to Janek, but Kryštof, who is now the king of the Hawks empire, wants to marry her. Viola leaves for Kryštof's empire and later she falls in love with the young king. When Kryštof puts the crown on his head, an old Hawk appears in front of him. He reveals to him a secret hidden in a silver clip. The secret allows him to control the whole world through fire. The only thing that he cannot control is a human heart. With the help of the clip, Kryštof brings spring to the whole empire. People look up to him and the king becomes conceited. Ordon, who heard the dialogue between the Hawk and the king about the clip, uses his weakness. Viola's father Ubald is going to his daughter's wedding. Ordon tries to fool Kryštof that Ubald is his enemy and the king burns Ubald and his retinue with the slip. In that moment, Kryštof's head begins to grow feathers. The frightened Viola runs away with Janek and the smith, Martin, from the castle. Kryštof sends soldiers after them and he turns all elements against them. By this he changes totally into a hawk. In the end, he freezes the entire country. People blame Viola for this catastrophe. Therefore, the princess decides to come back to the castle. But there is no help for Kryštof anymore. He lost a friend and Viola's heart and, according to the prophecy, he became a servant of Hawks. The false-hearted Ordon wants to get hold of the crown, he fights with Janek and he attempts to kill him. But Kryštof exposes his own body. The dying king turns into again a handsome young man. The false-hearted Ordon is killed by Martin. He places the royal crown on Kryštof's grave and a huge Kryštof bust grows from the tumulus. Then Martin puts the crown on Jan's head and he leaves, alone.