# A Jester's Tale
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Jester's Tale
| image = Blaznova kronika 1964 poster.jpg
| alt=
| caption = Original poster
| director = [Karel Zeman](/source/Karel_Zeman)
| producer = [Josef Ouzký](/source/Josef_Ouzk%C3%BD)
| writer = {{unbulleted list|[Karel Zeman](/source/Karel_Zeman)|[Pavel Juráček](/source/Pavel_Jur%C3%A1%C4%8Dek)}}
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[Petr Kostka](/source/Petr_Kostka)|[Miloslav Holub](/source/Miloslav_Holub)|[Emília Vášáryová](/source/Em%C3%ADlia_V%C3%A1%C5%A1%C3%A1ryov%C3%A1)}}
| music = [Jan Novák](/source/Jan_Nov%C3%A1k_(composer))
| cinematography = [Václav Huňka](/source/V%C3%A1clav_Hu%C5%88ka)
| editing = [Miroslav Hájek](/source/Miroslav_H%C3%A1jek)
| studio = [Filmové studio Barrandov](/source/Filmov%C3%A9_studio_Barrandov)
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1964|12|18|df=y}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia)
| language = [Czech](/source/Czech_language)
| budget = 5 Million KČs[{{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}}]
}}
'''''A Jester's Tale''''' ({{langx|cs|'''Bláznova kronika'''}}) is a 1964 [Czech](/source/Czech_language) film directed by [Karel Zeman](/source/Karel_Zeman). Described by Zeman as a "pseudo-[historical](/source/historical_fiction)" film, it is an [anti-war](/source/anti-war) [black comedy](/source/black_comedy) set during the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War). The film combines [live action](/source/live_action) with [animation](/source/animation) to suggest the artistic style of the engraver [Matthäus Merian](/source/Matth%C3%A4us_Merian).[{{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}}]
==Plot==
{{No plot|date=November 2023}}
==Cast==
* [Petr Kostka](/source/Petr_Kostka) as Petr
* [Miloslav Holub](/source/Miloslav_Holub) as Recruiting officer Matyáš of Babice
* [Emília Vášáryová](/source/Em%C3%ADlia_V%C3%A1%C5%A1%C3%A1ryov%C3%A1) as Lenka
* [Valentina Thielová](/source/Valentina_Thielov%C3%A1) as Countess Veronika
* [Karel Effa](/source/Karel_Effa) as Hetman Varga of Koňousov
* [Eva Šenková](/source/Eva_%C5%A0enkov%C3%A1) as Countess
* [Eduard Kohout](/source/Eduard_Kohout) as Count
* [Vladimír Menšík](/source/Vladim%C3%ADr_Men%C5%A1%C3%ADk) as Court painter
* [Čestmír Řanda](/source/%C4%8Cestm%C3%ADr_%C5%98anda) as Watchman
* [Jiří Holý](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Hol%C3%BD) as Spanish officer
* [Josef Haukvic](/source/Josef_Haukvic) as Musketeer
* [František Kovářík](/source/Franti%C5%A1ek_Kov%C3%A1%C5%99%C3%ADk) as Jester
==Reception==
The film was a notable success at the 1964 [San Francisco International Film Festival](/source/San_Francisco_International_Film_Festival), winning Best Picture and Best Director. It was also voted Best Film at the 1964 [Addis Ababa](/source/Addis_Ababa) IFF in Ethiopia, and was honored in three categories at [Cannes](/source/Cannes).[{{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}}]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0057894}}
{{Karel Zeman}}
{{Pavel Juráček}}
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Category:Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Category:1960s Czech-language films
Category:Films directed by Karel Zeman
Category:Czechoslovak animated films
Category:Films with live action and animation
Category:Czech historical adventure films
Category:Films with screenplays by Pavel Juráček
Category:Films set in the 1620s
Category:Films set in the 1630s
Category:Thirty Years' War films
Category:Films with screenplays by Karel Zeman
Category:Czech black comedy films
Category:1964 Czechoslovak films
Category:Czech animated adventure films
Category:Czech animated comedy films
Category:Czech animated fantasy films
Category:Animated films set in the 17th century
Category:Animated films about war
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