About the Brave Blacksmith

The famous film fairy tale comes to life in the narration of the famous main character, accompanied by original music Based on the fairy tale Neohrožený Mikes by Božena Němcová, and adapted by Naďa Dvorská from the screenplay of the film About the Brave Blacksmith by Bohumil Steiner and Jaroslav Petřík (1983) and the stage sequence by Klára Latzková and Igor Ondříček for the musical of the same name at the Municipal Theatre Brno (planned for summer 2020).

The basis of this fairy tale is the story of a boy gifted with immense strength, kindness, goodness and empathy. Mikeš the blacksmith goes out into the world to do good. He would like to rescue the princess from captivity, but he must overcome obstacles put in his way not only by the evil wizard Black King, but also by his false friends. The fairy tale is accompanied by songs written by the Ulrych siblings for the film of the same name and for the forthcoming performance of the Brno Municipal Theatre. After several decades, Pavel Kříž, the original interpreter of Mikes, returns as a narrator to the character that co-created his renown and fame as an actor.