Czech fairy tales

Beyond the seven rivers and nine forests lies a fairyland full of magic. Together with Maruska you will freeze in a snowy landscape, weave seven shirts in the moonlight, bite through boiled porridge and wander through fairy-tale worlds that will enter your dreams thanks to the delicate illustrations of the young Czech artist Anna-Marie Kohutová. Go back to childhood and join your children on adventures full of wonder in seven classic fairy tales: Twelve months, Seven ravens, A twelve-headed dragon, About stupid Pecival, Oh goodness, Long, Wide and Sharp-eyed, Mug, cook! Růžena Merunková (* 1940) is a Czech actress, dubber and reciter. Her husband was the actor and painter Miloš Hlavica, and she is the mother of the actor and director Lukáš Hlavica. She grew up in an amateur family in Lysá nad Labem. After graduating from the Nymburk grammar school, she studied at the DAMU in Prague, first playing at the East Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice, later moving to the Zdeněk Nejedlý Realistic Theatre in Prague (today's Švand Theatre). She is also known for her film roles, including. Three Guys in a Cottage, All the Good Folks, Cinderella. He has been working with radio since he was a student. She is a dubbing artist - in 2006 she received the František Filipovský Award for her lifetime mastery in dubbing - and also an audiobook reader. Otakar Brousek Jr. (* 1957) comes from an acting background, his father Otakar Brousek Sr. was a leading Czech actor, his sister Jaroslava Brousková is also an actress. After graduating from the Prague Conservatory, he worked in the theatre in Kladno from 1978, after 1990 he was engaged in the Prague City Theatres, in the Theatre Na Fidlovačce and since 2012 he has been a member of the acting ensemble of the Theatre at Vinohrady. In addition to the theatre, he also appears in film and television. In 2010, he was nominated for the Thalia Award for his role of Vershinin in The Three Sisters at Divadlo Na Fidlovačce. He was nominated for the Czech Lion Film Award in 2022 for his role as the director in OKUPACE (2021). He is a sought-after dubber and audiobook performer. Audiobook: Based on texts by Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová: CZECH TALES | Read by Růžena Merunková and Otakar Brousek ml. | Directed by Jindřiška Nováková | Sound, mix and mastering by Tomáš Gsöllhofer | Music by Karpof Brothers | Recorded in KARPOFON studio (AudioStory) | CD graphics adapted from the book by Jana Rybová | Production by AudioStory | Supervision by Alena Brožová | Published by Euromedia Group, a. does - Témbr, in June 2024. The recording is based on the book: CZECH TALES based on texts by Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová | Illustrated by Anna-Marie Kohutová | Text edited, edited and with editorial notes by Lucie Šavlíková | Published by Euromedia Group, a. does - in the Pikola edition in 2023.