What would Christmas day be without perhaps the most popular fairy tale Three Nuts for Cinderella. Actor Vítězslav Jandák (77), who played a member of the prince’s entourage, recalled the filming for Seznam television, writes .
Jandák played the prince’s friend Kamil. “The truth is that the entire filming was one big fun. For example, riding a horse. For example, no horse was born for Honza Libíček (he played a preceptor in the film, editor’s note), so the production got him a Hucula (a primitive breed of horse, whose body structure is not suitable for sports use, editor’s note). They put Honza on the hucul, and after a while the poor hucul’s legs moved forward and backward. That’s why Honza Libíček has a lot of horses walking everywhere, in almost all the shots,” he recalled with a smile.
Jandák also remembered Droběna, played by the late actress Helena Růžičková († 67). “It was also fun with Helenka Růžičková. At the ball, she surprised us all when, during the filming of the scene at the ball, she spontaneously grabbed Pavel Trávníček (prince, editor’s note) and carried him across the dance floor. That was not in the script,” added the actor.
