Bílá paní

1965
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

338

YOUR RATING

Satire Comedy Fantasy

This castle has its own ghost - a mysterious White lady. She emerges from the painting on the wall when someone speaks out magic formula. White lady is good ghost, she can make someone's wis... Read allThis castle has its own ghost - a mysterious White lady. She emerges from the painting on the wall when someone speaks out magic formula. White lady is good ghost, she can make someone's wishes true. Even if it is a new duct. But a miracle is not the thing that Communist leaders ... Read allThis castle has its own ghost - a mysterious White lady. She emerges from the painting on the wall when someone speaks out magic formula. White lady is good ghost, she can make someone's wishes true. Even if it is a new duct. But a miracle is not the thing that Communist leaders want in the town.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

338

YOUR RATING

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10zelvuska

excellent dark comedy from the past

You have to be part of the passed political system for a while to understand all of the symbols in this movie. You have to smell the irony and absurdity in every move... I love this movie very much, it shows us, how we were stupid and blid for a long time :o)

8duowcewy

Excellent comedy

This is a real rarity - a film that totally skewers the centrally-controlled system. The basic premise - to me - is how does a system that wants to control everyone and everything from gardens to belief in God deal with a phenomenon that contradicts their view of reality. Based on a real Czech folk legend (the White Lady being Perchta of Rozemberk) the film quickly takes off in some great directions. Hrusinsky, Bohdalova, Kopecsky and Brodsky are excellent, as is the rest of the cast. It took a while for me to get a hold of this one on DVD but it was well worth the wait. I rank this with other mid-60's Czech subversive films like Firemen's Ball and Who Wants to Kill Jessie?.

Trivia
One of three urban fantasy comedy movies starring Vlastimil Brodský with plot revolving around ghosts. The other two were Long Live Ghosts! (1977) and Freonový duch (1991).