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Three Nuts for Cinderella
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1973 Czechoslovak/East German fairy-tale film directed by Václav Vorlíček
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Three Nuts for Cinderella, known in Czech as Tři oříšky pro Popelku, is a fantasy, romance, comedy, and Christmas film directed by Václav Vorlíček, who also co-wrote the screenplay with František Pavlíček. Based on a work by Božena Němcová, it stars Libuše Šafránková, Pavel Trávníček, Carola Braunbock, and Rolf Hoppe, with a score by Karel Svoboda and costumes by Theodor Pištěk. It was produced as a co-production of Czechoslovakia, West Germany, the German Democratic Republic, and Germany, and filmed at Moritzburg, Babelsberg Studio, Švihov Castle, and Mezihoří.
Set during the Christmas and holiday season, the film runs 82 minutes and had a budget of 580,000. It has a derivative work titled Three Wishes For Cinderella.
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7.5Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When she comes across three magical acorns, she's granted a single wish for each one of them.
Cast
- Libuše Šafránková as Popelka
- Pavel Trávníček as Prince
- Carola Braunbock as Stepmother
- Rolf Hoppe as King
- Karin Lesch as Queen
- Dana Hlaváčová as Dora
Themes
- new love
- fairy tale
- prince
- based on children's book
- hazelnut
- märchen
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Václav Vorlíček
- Written by
- František Pavlíček
- Based on
- O Popelce by Božena Němcová
- Produced by
- Jiří Krejčík
- Starring
- Libuše Šafránková , Pavel Trávníček
- Cinematography
- Josef Illík
- Edited by
- Miroslav Hájek, Barbara Leuschner
- Music by
- Karel Svoboda
- Production companies
- Barrandov Studios , DEFA
- Distributed by
- Ústřední půjčovna filmů
- Release dates
- 26 October 1973 ( 1973-10-26 ) ( Prague ) 1 November 1973 ( 1973-11-01 ) ( Soviet Union ) 16 November 1973 ( 1973-11-16 ) ( Czechoslovakia ) 8 March 1974 ( 1974-03-08 ) ( East Germany )
- Running time
- 83 minutes
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia , East Germany
- Languages
- Czech , German
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- cinematic fairy tale
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- Czech
- Director
- Václav Vorlíček
- Screenwriter
- Václav Vorlíček
- Composer
- Karel Svoboda
- Filming location
- Javorná
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 119880
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Treppe Aschenputtel.jpg
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- title
- Tři oříšky pro Popelku
- after a work by
- Božena Němcová
- distributed by
- iTunes
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- derivative work
- Three Wishes For Cinderella
- Commons category
- Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973 film)
- publication date
- 1973-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Exhibition about "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" in Moritzburg, Germany Three Wishes for Cinderella (Czech: Tři oříšky pro Popelku; German: Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel, also called in English Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella or Three Gifts for Cinderella) is a 1973 Czechoslovak-East German film based on the fairy-tale Cinderella.
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