The Emperor and the Drummer

(1998)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Fantasy, Family

Year: 1998

Runtime: 70 мин

Country: Czech Republic

Director: Václav Křístek

Cast: Ондржей Ветчи, Petr Rajchert, Anna Veselá, Ján Sedal, Vladimír Čapka, Jan Skopeček, Lubomír Kostelka, Patricie Padillová, Veronika Forejtová, Norbert Lichý

Plot

A fairy tale based on motifs taken from Josephine tales. Like Josef II, the fictitious emperor Maxmilián often disappears from the castle in disguise in order to find out how his vassals live. On one of these 'trips' he meets a drummer returning home from his stint in the army. They live through various adventures together, meeting bandits as well as human foolishness and perfidiousness which almost leads them to the scaffold.