The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
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.
Cast & Crew
Jan Werich
Emperor Rudolf II / Matheus Kotrba, The Baker
Nataša Gollová
Katerina aka Sirael
Jiří Plachý
Edward Kelley
František Černý
Hieroným Alessandro Scotta, alchemist
Marie Vášová
Countess Katharina Strada
Bohuš Záhorský
Lang
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Marshal Russworm
František Filipovský
Court Astrologer
Václav Trégl
The Emperor's Servant
Vladimír Leraus
Hungarian Delegate
Miloš Nedbal
Court Physician
Bohuš Hradil
Tycho de Brahe
Lubomír Lipský
An Alchemist
Theodor Pištěk
Bohumil Bezouška
Artist Hans von Aachen
Felix le Breux
Josef Kemr
The Atom-Splitting Alchemist
Fanda Mrázek
Ota Motyčka
Jan S. Kolár
An Alchemist
Eliška Kuchařová
The Gardener
Josef Hlinomaz
Alois Dvorský
Man Outside Bakery
Jana Werichová
Marie Nademlejnská
Woman Outside Bakery
Magda Kopřivová
Miloš Kopecký
An Alchemist
Ladislav Rychman
Man at Desk
Věra Chytilová
First Handmaiden
Martin Frič
Director
Jan Werich, Jiří Brdečka, Martin Frič, Jiří Krejčík
Screenplay
