Mág (Magician) is a 1988 Czech film directed by František Vláčil. The film is about Czech poet Karel Hynek Mácha. It is Vláčil's last film. The film received mixed reviews and critics called it a reflection of Vláčil's previous work.
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Plot
Mácha goes to Litoměřice where he accepted position as a Notary. He plans to marry Lori who is getting prepared for the wedding. Mácha's brother Michal comes instead of him and announces that Mácha is dead. The film then switches to when Mácha and Lori met. Mácha and Lori met in Kajetán's theatre. The film shows Mácha's and Lori's relationship. It also shows Mácha's meeting with ill girl Márinka who is a fan of his poems. Mácha also hears that someone called Hynek killed his father in jealousy. It inspires Mácha to make his most famous poem, Máj. When Máj is released it is received negatively and Mácha needs to provide Lori who is pregnant and accepts position as a Notary in Litoměřice. He spends his free time at Rádobyce. One day there is a fire and Mácha helps but his organism succumbs illness and he dies.
Cast
Jiří Schwarz as Karel Hynek Mácha
Veronika Žilková as Lori Šomková
Věra Tichánková as Lori's mother
Blažena Holišová as Mácha's mother
Jan Hrušínský as Mácha's brother Michal
Marta Vančurová as Márinka
Zdeněk Řehoř as Márinka's father
Václav Knop as Josef Kajetán Tyl
Jana Švandová as Leni Forchheimová
Tomáš Juřička as Jan Kaška
Alexej Okuněv as Karel Sabina
Jan Kraus as Trojan