"Young knight John travels the world in search of fame and fortune, but also to help others and prove himself. However, things go dire fast and he becomes burdened with life's hardships. But then he meets a pretty water nymph, Mary."
Otakar Brousek
as Narrator (voice)
Antonín Procházka
as John (voice)
František Filipovský
as Dwarfs (voice)
Naďa Konvalinková
as Mary (voice)
Jaroslav Moučka
as Knight Matej Beran from Beranov (voice)
Karel Semerád
as (voice)
Zdeněk Vašek
Hana Zaoralová
Miloš Vosmanský
Jiří Juřina
as
Jana Tomečková
Jytte Abildstrøm
as Danish narrator
Helena Vondráčková
as Mary (singing voice)
Karel Zeman
Director
Writer
Ivan Matouš
Editor
Art Direction
Karel Hutěčka
Production Manager
Jaromír Ulehla
Assistant Production Manager
Eugen Spálený
Assistant Director
Radomír Koutek
Sound
Arnošt Kupčík
Animation
Sylvie Sedlárová
Štěpán Koníček
Conductor
Josef Vaculík
Script Editor
Karel Svoboda
Original Music Composer
Zdeněk Krupa
Director of Photography