Arabela is a cult Czech series from the studio of the successful scriptwriting duo Macourka and Vorlíček. How well do you remember this children’s series?
Arabela was a huge success at the time
The series was created in 1980. Thirteen half-hour episodes take us to the real world, but also into the Realm of Fairy Tales, where the wizard Rumburak wants to rule. The audience is watching whether he succeeds or not.
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The raven was actually a raven
One of the main characters of this series, but not positive at all, is Rumburak. He was transforming into a raven. However, the interesting thing is that it was not a raven, but a raven. You can see the difference right away. It is much bigger than a raven. Even so, he remained in the series and there was no change in the script or replacement of the animal. Several ravens were used during filming. One of them was Jack the raven.
Arabela was dubbed into Czech
Like Petr, Rumburak falls in love with Arabela. Originally, this role of the princess was supposed to be played by Libuše Šafránková, who was very popular at the time, but fate wanted it differently. And so the Slovak actress Jana Nagyová got the role. But it was Šafránková who overdubbed Nagy into Czech.
The representative of Petra died of cancer
Ordinary student Peter, who falls in love with a beautiful princess, was played by Vladimír Dlouhý. However, there were no positive prospects for this actor in real life. He died on June 20, 2010. Of cancer. He is survived by his wife and two children, twins.
2023-10-23 09:30:00
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