Arabela is a television series for children produced for television in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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 between 1979 and 1981. The series had 13 episodes and was in the Czech language

Czech language

Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...

. Its plot revolved around the members of a regular Czech family, who encounter people who came from the Kingdom of Fairy Tales. Arabela is the princess of the Kingdom, who is pursued by the King's treacherous magical advisor, and who falls in love with a young man from the regular world. The show aired in other countries as well. For example, it was a children's favorite in Macedonia and Bulgaria in the 1980s and Romania in the 1990s.

There was also a sequel Arabela Returns - Arabela se vraci (1993) with a lot of new stories and figures but not such fascinating as first series.

Cast

• Vladimír Menšík
  Vladimír Menšík
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   pan Karel Majer
• Stella Zázvorková
  Stella Zázvorková
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   paní Majerová
• Vladimír Dlouhý Petr Majer
• Jana Nagyová princezna Arabela - mluví Libuše Šafránková
  Libuše Šafránková
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• Dagmar Patrasová princezna Xénie
• František Peterka Fantomas
  Fantômas
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• Milan Neděla generál
• Jiří Lír královský rádce
• Luděk Kopřiva ředitel školy
• Luba Skořepová ježibaba
• Petr Svojtka
  Petr Svojtka
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   psychiatr Jiří
• Jana Andresíková čarodějnice
• Jan Kraus spolužák Petra
• Jiří Pleskot školní inspektor
• Jiří Lábus
  Jirí Lábus
  Jiří Lábus is a Czech actor. In 1973, he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague andjoined theatre Studio Ypsilon, where he remains employed to this day. He also appeared several times as guest actor in other theatres .He performed several roles in both television and film...
  
   Rumburak
• Josef Dvořák
  Josef Dvorák
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   vodník
• Jiří Kodet režisér Novák
• Vlastimil Brodský
  Vlastimil Brodský
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   Král Hyacint
• Jiří Sovák
  Jirí Sovák
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   čaroděj Vigo
• Jiří Hrzán televizní asistent Gros
• Iva Janžurová
  Iva Janžurová
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   slečna Milerová
• František Filipovský čert Blekota
• Ondřej Kepka Honzík Majer
• Stanislav Hájek Pekota
• Jiří Krytinář Mekota
• Václav Lohniský
  Václav Lohniský
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   zloděj Fousek
• Antonín Jedlička učitel Adam
• Veronika Týblová Mařenka
• Ivana Andrlová spolužačka Petra
• Helena Růžičková
  Helena Ružicková
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   vypravěčka pohádek
• Věra Kalendová žena v kuchyni
• Jana Drbohlavová paní Hermanová
• Lenka Kořínková pokojská
• Alena Procházková
  Alena Procházková
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   expert umění
• Ludmila Roubíková žena v kuchyni
• Dana Vávrová
  Dana Vávrová
  Dana Vávrová was a Czech-German film actress and director.-Biography:Vávrová was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and played her first main film role in Ať žijí duchové! in 1976, having played a minor role in Jak se točí Rozmarýny...
  
   červená Karkulka
• Hana Talpová dospělá Mařenka
• Simona Stašová pokojská
• Lenka Termerová pokojská
• Ladislav Županič pan Herman
• Jitka Zelenohorská doktorka v blázinci
• Jana Brejchová
  Jana Brejchová
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   královna
• Milan Riehs generál
• Čestmír Řanda
  Čestmír Řanda
  Čestmír Řanda was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in over 65 films and television shows between 1960 and 1986.-Selected filmography:* Bílá spona * Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk...
  
   profesor na technice
• Josef Šebek číšník
• Otto Šimánek
  Otto Šimánek
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   Dlouhý
• Oldřich Velen královský rádce
• Václav Sloup technik v továrně
• Radim Vašinka generál
• Oldřich Vízner princ Vilibald
• Josef Větrovec hlavní psychiatr

Theodor Pištěk

Theodor Pištěk (costume designer)

Theodor Pištěk is a Czech artist known for creating photo-realistic drawings and paintings, movie costumes and decorations. He won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the film Amadeus, and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category for the film Valmont.He is the son of...

designed the costumes for the series.

Magic things

There ware a lot of magic thing in the serial starting with the magic rings.

• Magic rings (3)- make any wish to become reality
• Magic cape - it teleport the wearer from a place to another (usual from fairy tale world to our world)
• Magic wand - less power than magic ring it can be used only by a wizard
• Cristal globe - it shows a person
• Magic Boots - run fast
• Night Cap - it makes invisible the person who wear it and allow him to pass through walls
• Suitcase - flight
• Broom stick - flight
• Gold Bell - calls somebody from the fairy tale world
• Money pouch - never end the gold coins