In this fairy-tale comedy, a clumsy second-rate wizard, Rumburak, gets stuck in the world of humans. He has forgotten the spell that allows him to return to his home fairyland. His only joy is watching the figure skater Helen, whom he would like to woo. His hopes of returning to fairyland dawn when he discovers a computer in a research institute that could generate the lost spell.
Acting
Jiří Lábus commits fully to physical comedy as the bumbling wizard.
Production
Gloriously dated 1980s computer graphics as magical plot device.
Director
Václav Vorlíček
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Václav Vorlíček specialized in fairy-tale films; this was his attempt to modernize the genre with then-cutting-edge computer imagery.
The film subtly satirizes Czechoslovakia's late-socialist technocratic optimism — computers as magic that might actually work better than the system itself.
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