''The Ninth Heart'' () is a 1979

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fairy tale

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directed by

Juraj Herz Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy '' The Cremator'', often ci ...

. The film starred

Josef Kemr Josef Kemr (20 June 1922 – 15 January 1995) was a Czech actor. He starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography *''Lízin let do nebe'' (1937) - Jula Plichta *''Škola základ života'' (1 ...

Cast

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as Student Martin * Anna Maľová as Puppeteer Tončka *

Julie Jurištová Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...

as Princess Adriena *

as Principal, Tončka's father *

Juraj Kukura Juraj Kukura (born 15 March 1947, in Prešov) is a Slovak actor. Kukura studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). In 1985, when he emigrated to West Germany, his films were banned in the Czechoslovak Socialist Re ...

as Count Aldobrandini, astrologist *

František Filipovský František Filipovský (23 September 1907 – 26 October 1993) was a Czechoslovak stage, television, and film actor. Life and career Early life and theatre Filipovský was born on 23 September 1907 in the Czech town of Přelouč, then part of ...

as Jester

References

External links

* 1979 films Czechoslovak fantasy films 1970s Czech-language films Films directed by Juraj Herz Films scored by Petr Hapka 1970s dark fantasy films Films based on fairy tales 1970s Czech films Czech dark fantasy films {{1970s-CzechRepublic-film-stub