A Jester's Tale

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = A Jester's Tale | image = Blaznova kronika 1964 poster.jpg | alt= | caption = Original poster | director = Karel Zeman | producer = Josef Ouzký | writer = {{unbulleted list|Karel Zeman|Pavel Juráček}} | starring = {{unbulleted list|Petr Kostka|Miloslav Holub|Emília Vášáryová}} | music = Jan Novák | cinematography = Václav Huňka | editing = Miroslav Hájek | studio = Filmové studio Barrandov | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1964|12|18|df=y}} | runtime = 81 minutes | country = Czechoslovakia | language = Czech | budget = 5 Million KČs<ref name="UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE Mediální obraz filmového režiséra Karla Zemana v letech 1945–1989 v českých médiích">{{cite book |last1=Veselá |first1=Tereza |title=UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE Mediální obraz filmového režiséra Karla Zemana v letech 1945–1989 v českých médiích |publisher=Charles University |pages=74 |url=https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/download/120257669 |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> }}

'''''A Jester's Tale''''' ({{langx|cs|'''Bláznova kronika'''}}) is a 1964 Czech film directed by Karel Zeman. Described by Zeman as a "pseudo-historical" film, it is an anti-war black comedy set during the Thirty Years' War. The film combines live action with animation to suggest the artistic style of the engraver Matthäus Merian.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Polt|first=Harriet|title=The Czechoslovak Animated Film|journal=Film Quarterly|date=Spring 1964|volume=17|issue=3|pages=38|jstor=1210908|doi=10.2307/1210908}}</ref>

==Plot== {{No plot|date=November 2023}}

==Cast== * Petr Kostka as Petr * Miloslav Holub as Recruiting officer Matyáš of Babice * Emília Vášáryová as Lenka * Valentina Thielová as Countess Veronika * Karel Effa as Hetman Varga of Koňousov * Eva Šenková as Countess * Eduard Kohout as Count * Vladimír Menšík as Court painter * Čestmír Řanda as Watchman * Jiří Holý as Spanish officer * Josef Haukvic as Musketeer * František Kovářík as Jester

==Reception== The film was a notable success at the 1964 San Francisco International Film Festival, winning Best Picture and Best Director. It was also voted Best Film at the 1964 Addis Ababa IFF in Ethiopia, and was honored in three categories at Cannes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.nfa.cz/filmy/download/cs/18.pdf|title=The Jester's Tale – Distribution Sheet|work=National Film Archive in Prague|at=nfa.cz|publisher=Národní filmový archiv v Praze|accessdate=2012-02-05|language=cs|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034937/http://web.nfa.cz/filmy/download/cs/18.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0057894}}

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