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Better than most people think

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

The movie "Tri orísky pro Popelku" (Three wishes for Cinderella) was made in 1973. The movie was made during the Communistic period in the Czech Republic. From my point of view the movie reflects the protest on communism. The prince and Popelka question the authorities all the time. The character Popelka is presented as a strong and powerful woman, which has been a great inspiration for me as a little girl. The story of Popelka is very funny, beautiful and arousing.Popelka (Libuśe Safrankoua) has to work very hard for her stepmother. One day when the king and queen visit her village she manages to escape. In the woods Popelka teases the prince (Pavel Travnicek). A few days later a ball in announced for the prince. The step-mother sends Vinsek to the city to buy clothiers. On his way, Vinsek finds three magic hazel nuts, which he gives to Popelka. The acting of the movie is brilliant. The actors are able to convince me from their feelings, with the help of the help of the wonderful soundtrack. The scenes in which Popelka is messing with authority are extremely funny. The direction is also astonishing. The protest against communism is perfectly hidden fro the people who do not want to see it. The old fairytale Cinderella has turned into a strong story about Popelka. The filming and editing is fluently done. Every shot has a good link to the previous one. In conclusion, Tri Orisky Pro Popelku is an inspiring, funny and beautiful movie. People should definitely watch this movie to see the brilliant acting and the wonderful editing.

This is the classic Cinderella story, though the Czech version involves three wishes with a dress hidden in a nutshell rather than the French version better known in the US. This movie is set in medieval times, with period costumes, castles, beautiful visuals, including winter landscapes, which is not usually featured in fairy tales. It als has wonderful music, with songs performed by the top Czech singer Karel Gott. The heroine is not only pretty but also spunky. Though set in medieval times, Cinderella is rather modern (when it comes to her being able to handle weapons for example). All in all, a very enjoyable movie for any age viewer, one that is both modern and yet at the same time very traditional.Thumbs up on this one!

One of those fairy-tales that I grew up with; however, I've never really developed any strong affection towards it. It is a solid, well-made film and yes, it is probably one of the best Cinderella adaptations out there. The idyllic winter atmosphere definitely adds to its charm and frankly, there's no particular flaw that I can point my finger at. It all boils down to personal taste and "Tri orisky pro popelku" simply rubs me the wrong way. It sure won't hurt to watch it, as it's fairly entertaining and its tone is distinctly but not overwhelmingly modern. Chances are you'll love it. This film kind of lacks any serious potential to offend anyone's tastes (which is one of those things that probably result in its getting on my nerves) and it is overall a recommendable watch. So I can't bring myself to rating it lower than 6/10 even though at times (esp. around Christmas, when it's bound to appear on TV) I hate it with a passion.

I was raised with this film as long I can remember. I remember first seeing it at age 6 visiting my grandmother. Since she lived near the border to east Germany, we could watch east German TV at her home. I instantly fell in love with this fairy tale. Later the movie became a regular Christmas staple on German television so I could see it all over and over. Growing up i admit to have fallen in love with the actress of Cinderella, as every boy who watched this movie would admit to also. I never found any big flaw in this movie. Maybe the special effects are not up to date to modern 50+ million dollar productions, but you have to consider that it was created in 1973 and in Czechoslovakia to boot. The acting is great in every aspect, maybe a bit overdone sometimes but better then in many American blockbusters. The conversion of the fairytale is not based totally on the Grimm's tale Cinderella, but more on the regional bohemian version. To that it clings very good. And what I really love are the buildings and landscapes....they are really authentic, something I miss in fairy tale movies shot in America, but they clearly don't have the ages-old castles and mansions.I give this movie a 10 out of 10 which I don't do lightly. Every time I watch this masterpiece it brings back my youth, more than any other movie.