The Golden Fern (Blu-ray)

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Czech director Jiří Weiss's breathtaking B&W fantasy about a stunning young forest fairy who falls in love with a handsome but selfish shepherd

THE GOLDEN FERN (ZLATÉ KAPRADÍ) - 1963, NFA, 115 min. Czech director Jiří Weiss's breathtaking B&W fairy tale is one of the most unjustly neglected treasures of 1960s fantasy filmmaking, a hauntingly lyrical work with overtones of Wojciech Has's THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT, František Vláčil's MARKETA LAZAROVÁ and Cocteau's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. A handsome young shepherd (Jean Marais lookalike Vít Olmer) stumbles across a magical golden fern in the forest. A stunning, enigmatic forest fairy named Lesanka (Karla Chadimová) is sent to retrieve it but instead falls hopelessly in love with him. When he's forced to join the army and heads off to war, she sews a seed from the fern into his shirt to protect him. While he's away, though, he falls for the icily beautiful daughter of the commanding general (Dana Smutná) who demands he perform a series of Herculean tasks to prove his devotion to her. Director Jiří Weiss (1913 - 2004) was internationally acclaimed for dramas such as WOLF TRAP and ROMEO, JULIET & DARKNESS - here he worked with cinematographer Bedřich Baťka (who also photographed the legendary MARKETA LAZAROVÁ) to craft one of the most visually ravishing and hypnotic B&W wide screen fantasies of the era. Released by Deaf Crocodile, the Národní filmový archív and Comeback Company. In Czech with English subtitles.

Bonus Materials

  • Three rare early Jiří Weiss shorts + new interview with director's son about his father's life & career + new commentary and video essay

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:
  •       Dana Smutná
  •       Karla Chadimová
  •       Vít Olmer

Director: Jiří Weiss

Additional Details

Label: Deaf Crocodile

Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy

Language: Czech

Run Time: 115 mins

Region: 1

Release Date: 03/11/25

UPC: 850066568088

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