The Red Orm

The adventure of Danish Vikings
Premiere: 
19. 5. 2006
Věková kategorie: 
10+
Premiere: 
19. 5. 2006
Author: 
Petr Vodička
Directed by: 
Petr Vodička
Set design: 
Robert Smolík
Music: 
Miroslav Nosek
Cast: 
Markéta Sýkorová, Tomáš Bělohlávek, Filip Homola, Marek Sýkora, Jana Vyšohlídová, Jan Hrubec, Zdeněk Peřina

Frans Gunnar Bengtsson (1894-1954) was a great narrator who “refused clever-clever speculations, he admired heroic deeds and varied show, simply, everything which was not ordinary, which can attract. His style resembles the style of great anonymous saga narrators.” However, he always spices it up with his humour, irony and ability of caricature compression. His humour, a very absorbing story and attractive atmosphere of Viking crusades in times when the Christianity started to infiltrate the pagan North, are the main attributes of this all-puppet show of Petr Vodička. He made The Red Orm together as a combination of a little rock concert and illusive (purely puppet) scenes from Viking crusades for gold, adventure and sometimes also love…

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