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The Emperor and the Golem (1952)

The Emperor and the Golem (1952)

Comedy Fantasy
Release Date: 1952, January 4
Directors: Martin Frič
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Československý státní film, Československý státní film
Cast: Jan Werich, Jiří Plachý, Lubomír Lipský, František Černý, Miloš Kopecký, Josef Kemr, Eliška Kuchařová, František Filipovský, Miroslav Svoboda, Miloš Nedbal, Nataša Gollová, Bohuš Záhorský

Overview:

The Emperor's mismanagement of his country is provoking some in his court to plot to overthrow him. He feels successful, at least, when he discovers the legendary Golem, which he believes can protect him and even cure his imaginary illnesses but, when he disappears while on a bender, his kindly baker, who looks just like him, is mistaken for him, and begins to put things in order. However, the conspirators, not to be outdone, determine to bring the Golem back to life to do their bidding.

Keywords:

conspiracy alchemy mistaken identity magician doppelgänger golem foolish leader planned coup astrologer throne room