Arabela (TV series)
Arabela is a television series for children produced for television in Czechoslovakia between 1979 and 1981. The series had 13 episodes and was in the Czech language. Its plot revolved around the members of a regular Czech family, who encounter people who came from the Kingdom of Fairy Tales. Arabela is the princess of the Kingdom, who is pursued by the King's treacherous magical advisor, and who falls in love with a young man from the regular world. The show aired in other countries as well. For example, it was a children's favorite in Macedonia and Bulgaria in the 1980s and Romania in the 1990s.
There was also a sequel Arabela Returns - Arabela se vraci (1993) with a lot of new stories and figures but not such fascinating as first series.
Cast
- Vladimír Menšík pan Karel Majer
- Stella Zázvorková paní Majerová
- Vladimír Dlouhý Petr Majer
- Jana Nagyová princezna Arabela - mluví Libuše Šafránková
- Dagmar Patrasová princezna Xénie
- František Peterka Fantomas
- Milan Neděla generál
- Jiří Lír královský rádce
- Luděk Kopřiva ředitel školy
- Luba Skořepová ježibaba
- Petr Svojtka psychiatr Jiří
- Jana Andresíková čarodějnice
- Jan Kraus spolužák Petra
- Jiří Pleskot školní inspektor
- Jiří Lábus Rumburak
- Josef Dvořák vodník
- Jiří Kodet režisér Novák
- Vlastimil Brodský Král Hyacint
- Jiří Sovák čaroděj Vigo
- Jiří Hrzán televizní asistent Gros
- Iva Janžurová slečna Milerová
- František Filipovský čert Blekota
- Ondřej Kepka Honzík Majer
- Stanislav Hájek Pekota
- Jiří Krytinář Mekota
- Václav Lohniský zloděj Fousek
- Antonín Jedlička učitel Adam
- Veronika Týblová Mařenka
- Ivana Andrlová spolužačka Petra
- Helena Růžičková vypravěčka pohádek
- Věra Kalendová žena v kuchyni
- Jana Drbohlavová paní Hermanová
- Lenka Kořínková pokojská
- Alena Procházková expert umění
- Ludmila Roubíková žena v kuchyni
- Dana Vávrová červená Karkulka
- Hana Talpová dospělá Mařenka
- Simona Stašová pokojská
- Lenka Termerová pokojská
- Ladislav Županič pan Herman
- Jitka Zelenohorská doktorka v blázinci
- Jana Brejchová královna
- Milan Riehs generál
- Čestmír Řanda profesor na technice
- Josef Šebek číšník
- Otto Šimánek Dlouhý
- Oldřich Velen královský rádce
- Václav Sloup technik v továrně
- Radim Vašinka generál
- Oldřich Vízner princ Vilibald
- Josef Větrovec hlavní psychiatr
Theodor Pištěk designed the costumes for the series.
Magic things
There ware a lot of magic thing in the serial starting with the magic rings.
- Magic rings (3)- make any wish to become reality
- Magic cape - it teleport the wearer from a place to another (usual from fairy tale world to our world)
- Magic wand - less power than magic ring it can be used only by a wizard
- Cristal globe - it shows a person
- Magic Boots - run fast
- Night Cap - it makes invisible the person who wear it and allow him to pass through walls
- Suitcase - flight
- Broom stick - flight
- Gold Bell - calls somebody from the fairy tale world
- Money pouch - never end the gold coins
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