![The Jester's Tale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//87mEvTu92BqyOqDTfnt1YRs848h.jpg)
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The Jester's Tale
1 hour 22 minutes1964-12-18
7.5
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An anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. It follows ploughman Petr, recruiter Matěj and country girl Lenka who get caught up in both sides of the war and experience many adventures before they find happiness. The film combines live action with animation to suggest the artistic style of the engraver Matthäus Merian.
Cast
![Petr Kostka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//f7cxuFrzqlLFbfaJV6DWZk9SlvK.jpg)
Petr Kostka
Petr
![Miloslav Holub](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Miloslav Holub
Matěj
![Emília Vášáryová](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zv04vLQM3cESlq5Se2nONycVsXa.jpg)
Emília Vášáryová
Lenka
![Valentina Thielová](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xGgWIqj7nBldFGTjSwUTtY2AFHP.jpg)
Valentina Thielová
Countess Veronika
![Eduard Kohout](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//az5WXhKjNkYuCKRdz7ddNTHHigD.jpg)
Eduard Kohout
Count
![Vladimír Menšík](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yM705NlRGUOdsoLQz8tBS5Ur4Ka.jpg)
Vladimír Menšík
Court Painter
![Čestmír Řanda](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gW8S515HwxdVrqiAvinHJbFVTxJ.jpg)
Čestmír Řanda
Watchman
![Karel Effa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//azvg0ZZQ6YjRnw6kq1o3jSX1g6R.jpg)
Karel Effa
Captain Varga
![Eva Šenková](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Eva Šenková
Countess (Veronika's Mother)
![Jiří Holý](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mVf8oyC0GWaKlG2inHAcCN3WKDN.jpg)
Jiří Holý
Spanish Officer
![Josef Haukvic](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Josef Haukvic
Imperial Musketeer
![František Kovářík](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1SZ8NeZ5R02YBAquafdwmMty7XJ.jpg)
František Kovářík
Jester
![Ota Žebrák](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ota Žebrák
![Václav Švec](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Václav Švec
![Olga Schoberová](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//f3H2G1v96UiJ090xXA1JGDaRV5U.jpg)
Olga Schoberová
![Martin Raus](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Martin Raus
![Milan Neděla](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Milan Neděla
![Míla Myslíková](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//h1SX1RgWFzFaebwPFdCPpD90Opc.jpg)
Míla Myslíková
![Ladislav Gzela](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ladislav Gzela
![Alois Dvorský](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dmkZgyF25g0GlO7TX648fO5O16R.jpg)
Alois Dvorský
![Vítězslav Černý](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Vítězslav Černý
![Zdeněk Braunschläger](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Zdeněk Braunschläger
![Stanislav Ebens](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Stanislav Ebens
![Otakar Moučka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Otakar Moučka
![Marie Hübschová](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Marie Hübschová
![Zdeňka Balounová](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Zdeňka Balounová
![Olga Světelská](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Olga Světelská
![Miriam Kantorková](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qjx5pvaWbZDogntEUGBL0F5KzSi.jpg)
Miriam Kantorková
![O. Nosková](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
O. Nosková
![Lubomír Bryg](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lubomír Bryg
![Jaroslav Klenot](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jaroslav Klenot
![Jiří Lanský](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jiří Lanský
![Ludvík Wolf](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ludvík Wolf
![Karel Engel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Karel Engel
![Evelyn Opela](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//guIzQdOp0OAOgefcXLeSezwAISe.jpg)
Evelyn Opela
![Alois Müller](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Alois Müller
![Jan Libíček](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tbypbloELrjjwTbZ9lSiTGRQsfj.jpg)
Jan Libíček
Wagon-recruiter
![Vladimír Linka](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Vladimír Linka
![Jiří Lukeš](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jiří Lukeš
![Milan Kindl](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Milan Kindl
![Božena Köhlerová](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Božena Köhlerová
![O. Kulčycká](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
O. Kulčycká
![Oldřich Stodola](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Oldřich Stodola
![Vladimír Navrátil](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Vladimír Navrátil
![Otto Ohnesorg](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Otto Ohnesorg
![Miloslav Šindler](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Miloslav Šindler
![Václav Podhorský](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Václav Podhorský
![Jindřich Poledňa](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jindřich Poledňa
![Jiří Šindelář](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jiří Šindelář
![Pavel Robin](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Pavel Robin
![Zdeněk Skalický](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Zdeněk Skalický
![Antonín Soukup](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Antonín Soukup
![Zdeněk Týle](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Zdeněk Týle
![Miloslav Průša](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Miloslav Průša
![Ilja Černohorský](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ilja Černohorský
![J. Černohorský](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
J. Černohorský
![K. Palivec](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
K. Palivec
![V. Nádvorník](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
V. Nádvorník
![Zdeněk Vašek](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Zdeněk Vašek
![Gustav Vondráček](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gustav Vondráček
![Ladislav Zápotocký](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ladislav Zápotocký
![Jiří Zach](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jiří Zach
![Ervín Zolar](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ervín Zolar
![Bohuslav Kupšovský](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bohuslav Kupšovský
![František Smolík](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bJMYzTwlcq3AMKnp5nBxPsV1RR5.jpg)