The Golden Fern

The Golden Fern (1963) is a war, fantasy film directed by Jiří Weiss rated 6.8/10.

Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.

Cast

Vít Olmer

Jura

Dana Smutná

General's Daughter

Karla Chadimová

Lesanka

Radoslav Brzobohatý

Matěj

Zdeněk Braunschläger

Martin

František Smolík

General

Čestmír Řanda

Otomar Krejča

Jaroslav Vojta

Josef Bek

kaprál

Jindřich Narenta

Eugen Jegorov