December 22, 2023 | 06:00
The famous two-part historical comedy The Emperor’s Baker and The Baker’s Emperor was filmed by director Martin Frič in 1951 with Jan Werich in the lead role. other figures of the imperial court. The popular film with Jan Werich belongs to the greatest jewels of Czech cinematography and is associated with several pearls from the filming.
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Jan Werich was dangerously injured while filming the bath scene. The creators puzzled over how to get the baker into the imperial bath. In the end, they invented it so that the baker accidentally steps on a large vase and it stays on like a boot. He tries to take her off and slides into the tub. Jan Werich stepped on the vase and one of the shards went deep into his leg. Filming was suspended for a fortnight due to the injury.
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The costumes from this film are among the oldest and most valuable that Studio Barrandov has in stock. Due to their historical value, they were even included in the cultural heritage under the protection of the Ministry of Culture. Jan Werich’s costume was sewn by the seamstresses by hand, for a full sixty hours. Not a single machine was used. The costume designs were created by Jiří Trnka and the fabrics were woven to order at the factory in Varnsdorf.
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The original director of the film The Emperor’s Baker and The Baker’s Emperor was Jiří Krejčík, who was chosen by Jan Werich himself. In the end, however, they did not get along and Krejčík was replaced by Martin Frič, who also pushed through some changes.
4. An astronomical amount
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The cost of the film rose to a whopping 27 million crowns. At that time, it was really an astronomical sum. Because of the planned export abroad, it was shot on expensive color film. In addition, the necessity of reshooting after a change of director made the film more expensive by another ten million crowns.
5. Inaccessible to young people!
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In Finland, the film is accessible from the age of 12 and in Australia it is only allowed to be watched by adults. In our country, the then Minister of Culture Zdenek Nejedlé did not like the film. Because of this, director Martin Frič was banned from filming for two years, and Jan Werich did not act anywhere for some time. In Austria, the film was a complete failure, because the local patriots did not like that their monarch looked like a fool.
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When Lubomír Lipský received the script, there was only a note about his role as an alchemist: “He speaks a foreign language.” Director Frič told Lipský to come up with something. And that’s how the legendary speech was born: “Kjamla lalicha i parprťála…”
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Jan Werich, while singing the well-known song Ten do to and he do this, which was on playback, was not in post-synchronization for the first time while walking up the stairs. Therefore, the song had to be shot several times.
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Irena Kačírková, who was just starting out at the time, was supposed to appear in the role of Sirael with director Krejčík, but Martin Frič gave Nataša Gollová a chance. In the original cast, Master Kelley was to be played by Karel Höger, who was eventually replaced by Jiří Plachý. Jan Werich, in turn, succeeded František Černý as Scott’s alchemist. Marie Vášová, Zdeněk Štěpánek, František Filipovský also appeared in the film, and Věra Chytilová, then twenty-two years old, also appeared in the crowd of court ladies.
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