There are fairy tales that appear on TV screens every Christmas and there are fairy tales that have somewhat fallen into oblivion and few people remember them anymore. This is one of the lesser known ones. Its plot certainly needs no further introduction. After all, the fairy tale story of the Swimmer, the charcoal-maker's son, to whom the judges attribute the hand of a royal princess born at the same moment, is one of those which are not forgotten. And the Swimmer's difficult journey in pursuit of an almost impossible task, the three golden hairs of Grandfather Allfather, who is the Sun and dislikes mankind, is as fabulous as the advice he brings to three towns beset by strange woes.
Cast
Radovan Lukavský
král
Alfred Strejček
Plaváček
Jana Kasanová
princezna
Hana Kreihanslová
královna
Václav Lohniský
lovčí
Bohuš Záhorský
rybář
Otomar Krejča
převozník
Vilém Besser
uhlíř
František Smolík
slepý stařec
Jarmila Kurandová
sudička
Marie Brožová
Unknown
Elena Hálková
sudička
Tomáš Hádl
chlapec u studny
Zdeněk Štěpánek
děd Vševěd
Václav Voska
vypravěč (voice)
Crew
Jan Valášek
Director
Milan Pavlík
Screenplay
Jaromír Janáček
Editor
Ivan Frič
Director of Photography, Visual Effects
Bohumil Kouba
First Assistant Director
Erich Švabík
Executive Producer
Jan Oliva
Production Design, Art Direction
Miroslav Sinkule
Camera Operator
Vojtěch Kuthan
Assistant Camera, Visual Effects
Fernand Vácha
Costume Design
Anna Beránková
Costumer
Růžena Plašilová
Makeup & Hair
Karel Holek
Makeup & Hair
Miloslav Koubek
Makeup & Hair
Bohumír Brunclík
Sound Effects
Ladislav Hausdorf
Sound
Ivo Houf
Visual Effects
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer
Bedřich Čermák
Set Decoration
František Straka
Set Decoration
Jiří Čermák
Set Decoration
Marie Hejzlarová
Script Supervisor
Eliška Nejedlá
Production Manager
Jan Procházka
Creative Producer
Jiří Zika
Unit Manager
Vladislav Špidra
Unit Manager
Karel Jaromír Erben
Original Story
František Belfín
Conductor