---
title: 'How to Wake a Princess (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Václav Vorlíček'
released: '1978-03-05'
runtime_minutes: 83
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-to-wake-a-princess-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076223/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# How to Wake a Princess (1978)

1978 · 83 min · Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic

Original title: Jak se budí princezny

## Synopsis

How to Wake a Princess is a 1978 Czechoslovak fantasy film directed by Václav Vorlíček. It is based on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, in the versions collected by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Václav Vorlíček](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-vorlicek)
- **Screenplay:** [Bohumila Zelenková](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumila-zelenkova)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Karel Svoboda](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-svoboda-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimír Smutný](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-smutny), [František Uldrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-uldrich)
- **Editor:** [Miroslav Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-hajek), [Magda Hájková](https://cinepixo.com/people/magda-hajkova), [Helena Lehovcová](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-lehovcova)

## Cast

- [Vladimír Menšík](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-mensik) as sluha Matěj
- [Vlastimila Vlková](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlastimila-vlkova) as babka s nůší
- [Libuše Švormová](https://cinepixo.com/people/libuse-svormova) as Melánie, Eliščina sestra
- [Marka Míková](https://cinepixo.com/people/marka-mikova) as princezna Růženka, dcera Dalimila a Elišky
- [Ladislav Sýkora](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-sykora) as velitel stráže Půlnočního království
- [Stanislav Benda](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislav-benda) as strážný
- [Vladimír Pospíšil](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-pospisil) as velitel granátníků
- [Miloš Stránský](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-stransky) as dvořan
- [Marie Crhová](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-crhova) as dvorní dáma
- [František Filipovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-filipovsky) as baron, první ministr
- [Jaromír Crha](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-crha) as kočí
- [Jana Bittlová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-bittlova) as dvorní dáma
- [Miloslav Šindler](https://cinepixo.com/people/miloslav-sindler) as sloužící
- [Oskar Hák](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-hak) as vousatý granátník
- [Alois Klejzar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-klejzar) as dvořan na stráži

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/how-to-wake-a-princess-1978
Film facts: Wikidata (Q739698); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.