Short film
What I Haven't Told the Prince
1975 · 9 min
A quiet, sorrowful little fable that contrasts cold reality with tender poetry, leaving a lingering ache of compassion.
- Directed by
- Jiří Brdečka
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Starring
- Eduard Cupák, Jana Hlaváčová
- Overview
- This original adaptation of Oscar Wilde's sad, socially conscious fairy tale, The Happy Prince, hinges on the conflict between fact and dream, reality and poetry. The contrast is reinforced by the film's visuals, confronting modern art with Gustave Doré's old engravings.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, whimsical and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Class, grief, morality, death
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jiří Brdečka
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Fantasy
- Starring
- Eduard Cupák, Jana Hlaváčová
