Cursed Juliet has only three gold ducats to return to the people. He can only do so once every hundred years. In the new fairy tale, he meets an ordinary country shepherd, Juraj, who is educated thanks to a local teacher, while longing for a journey far away.
When one of Juraj’s sheep wanders to the ruins of the old castle, the beautiful Julie appears in front of him, who considers herself the owner of a large local estate with a castle. However, she must not reveal that she is cursed forever. Juraj represents her last chance for liberation, while he himself has no idea what problems await him because of her.
So much for the plot, while it is clear that everything ends well in the end. This also applies to the fairy tale, where the actors are primarily Slovak. However, their Czech colleagues, such as Jitka Čvančarová and Michal Isteník, were also invited to the filming.
This is related to one of the things that can be criticized by Czech-Slovak co-production fairy tales, especially by older people. Dubbing will probably not feel completely natural to them, although it is a necessity for children, on the other hand.
Old-timers probably won’t like another aspect of the Three Golden Ducats, which is a certain modernity. Electricity figures in the fairy tale, there is also a mention of a steam engine. And above all, Juraj is learning English, because he longs for a trip beyond the big puddle to America.
Three golden ducats are linked to the Christmas Eve Key of St. Peter by the fact that they are great fairy tales. And with a high probability, the same fate will meet them in the future. In no case will it most likely be new Christmas classics.
Rating: 50%
Three gold ducats
Starring: Katarína Krajčovičová, Ladislav Bédi, Lesana Krausková, Marián Labuda Jr., Zuzana Norisová, Peter Kadlečík, Juraj Hrčka, Michal Isteník, Jitka Čvančarová, Jozef Vajda, Ondrej Kovaľ, Jana Hubinská
Directed by: Mariana Čengel Solčanská
Screenplay: Zuzana Lišková, Mariana Čengel Solčanská
Slovakia / Czech Republic, 2023, 84 min
2023-12-25 20:33:00
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