Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince (dramatization)

How is the highest royal dignitary supposed to sweeten the lives of the poor when the royal treasury is busting at the seams? Won't it be enough to feed them with the bizarre spectacle of the Happy Prince statue? People love events like this! But one day a little swallow settles between the statue's feet, having delayed its flight south. She just wanted to relax. But suddenly big drops started falling on her. It wasn't rain. It was the tears of the Happy Prince. Persons and cast: The Happy Prince (Pavel Soukup), the Swallow (Miroslava Hozová), the Lord Chancellor (Karel Houska), the Ceremonialist (Antonín Hardt). The cast also includes Ilja Racek, Jaroslav Kaňkovský, Jiří Ornest and Miriam Chytilová. Directed by: Karel Weinlich Filmed in 1984.