- A young girl takes a hard task. She must try to save her brothers and get rid of the curse placed on them by their mother. It is a story of courage, perseverance, but also of the power of words, truth and true love.
- A classic fairy tale movie based on a story "Sedmero krkavcu" from famous Czech writer Bozena Nemcova. A young girl takes a hard task. She must try to save her brothers and get rid of the curse placed on them by their mother. It is a story of courage, perseverance, but also of the power of words, truth and true love ... The main character is a young girl Bohdanka who is born into troubled family of baker whose wife years ago in a fit of rage cursed seven of their sons and they became ravens. Parents kept this as a secret from Bohdanka for many years. However, when Bohdanka at her adulthood learns about the curse of her family, she decides to save her brothers. She gets advice from the local witch that she must sew special shirts for her brothers. She must alone without help of others pick nettles, process fibers, weave cloth and sew each stich. Bohdanka embarks on a long journey to rescue her brothers...—Vojtech Marek
- A rural baker and his wife dote their devoted daughter Bohdanka, who turns troublesome as she seems unable to get her parents' undivided attention. Angrily venturing into a dark wood, she stumbles upon a friendly witch, who explains they morn her seven brothers, who turned into ravens -except by night- after a thoughtless 'wish you disappeared' from the mother. Bohdanka vows to save them by he hard method the witch suggest: a vow of silence and producing for each of them by hand a shirt made from stingy nettles. It takes moths, lodging in a mountain cave. She's discovered by stutterer prince Bartolomej, whom queen-regnant Alexandra expects to leave the throne to his confident but dumb younger brother Norbert. But love for the even weirder outsider makes Bartolomej become a man to take her into the palace and claim his birthright, while the queen schemes to get rid of them, their only allies being the ravens, until the witch swings it, setting right an even darker secret from the queen's past.—KGF Vissers
- A classic fairy tale movie based on a story "Sedmero krkavcu" from famous Czech writer Bozena Nemcova.
A young girl takes a hard task. She must try to save her brothers and get rid of the curse placed on them by their mother. It is a story of courage, perseverance, but also of the power of words, truth and true love ...
The main character is a young girl Bohdanka who is born into troubled family of baker whose wife years ago in a fit of rage cursed seven of their sons and they became ravens. Parents kept this as a secret from Bohdanka for many years. However, when Bohdanka at her adulthood learns about the curse of her family, she decides to save her brothers.
She gets advice from the local witch that she must sew special shirts for her brothers. She must alone without help of others pick nettles, process fibers, weave cloth and sew each stich. Bohdanka embarks on a long journey to rescue her brothers...
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