The Secret of a Great Narrator

(1972)

★ 5 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Year: 1972

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Karel Kachyňa

Cast: Martin Štěpánek, Petr Štěpánek, Otakar Brousek, Jana Hlaváčová, Slávka Budínová, Milena Dvorská, Jana Švandová, Petr Kostka, Carmen Mayerová, Vladimír Šmeral

Plot

The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.