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The Emperor and the Drummer (1998)

The Emperor and the Drummer (1998)

Fantasy Family
Release Date: 1998, October 29
Directors: Václav Křístek
Countries: Czech Republic
Production: Česká televize, Česká televize
Cast: Ondřej Vetchý, Vladimír Polák, Jan Vondráček, Cyril Drozda, Arnošt Goldflam, Miloslav Čížek, Norbert Lichý, Jan Skopeček, Jiří Sedláček, Vladislav Georgiev, Petr Rajchert, Vladimír Čapka

Overview:

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.