Michael Ledo The film is based on a "true legend" and ranks on the historical scale of King Arthur. When the chieftain dies, the settlement is left to his three daughters. Libuse (Winter Ave Zoli) the youngest rules. She is a seer and a bit of a necromancer. Her one sister is a healer, while the other a priestess. She gets involved with a farmer and things to to pot. This was the part of ancient Prague that speaks English with a slight accent and the women pluck their eyebrows, wear make-up, and shave their legs. The film lacks the heavy fantasy elements of other legends which makes it interesting. The fight scenes were a joke. Premysl was a transgender fight before Andy Kaufman. Guide: Sex and nudity. No swearing.

WakenPayne This is a movie my brother likes. I decided to sit down and watch this knowing full well of it's reputation here on IMDb. I have absolutely no idea of the Czech legend it was based on so I am not going to bring that up as a complaint.The plot is that a king dies and one of his three daughters ends up being queen. This one can also see the future (Why is this never explained?). She whores herself (There really is no better word for it) at a peasant who saved her life and gets him to become king once a war starts. Completely forgetting about the war (??????????????) the king starts ruling the country with an iron fist (Which when we see the only settings being caves, forests and peasant houses - yes even the castle looks exactly the same as a farm).So the plot is pretty disjointed (but it's not like Monster A-Go Go where you ask yourself if there was a plot to begin with) to the extent that I didn't really know what these people were doing or what they were aiming for. The King's goal (See! I don't even remember his name!) seems clear enough, grow as a country and crush his opposition. That was all I got for the movie in terms of goals.The next point. What were the character's names? I know Libuse but... That's all. I didn't know what any other person's name was. The 2 minute exposition at the beginning might have said them but of all the things we don't have to rely on THAT.Another thing the villain of this piece has to be one of the weakest villains in cinema. I mean, worse than Plan 9 From Outer Space. I know I can't take that back but it's true the villain in Plan 9 From Outer Space was stronger.Now onto the positives. The Acting was decent from some people, even if they are also forgettable. The Cinematography was not bad (even if they have about 4 locations). There was a small hint that they could have been trying something with the premise.So if you want to sit down and watch a historical drama with some kind of love relationship... watch the three hour cut of Arn instead. That had a plot, character development, DEVELOPMENT, good focus and when they changed it, they did it right. Go watch that instead.

ladybug2535 This is a mythic tale combining legend and history, but above all it is a human drama. The Pagan Queen of the title is reputedly half Tree-elf and half human (there's a lovely myth about the girl's mother integral to the story), and her two sisters aren't fully human either, but the story doesn't directly revolve around their dual (magical or mythical) natures. Instead there is a strong message about Duality throughout the film; transitions; and balance in all things, especially human needs with nature. It's a great story and visually satisfying. Overall I really enjoyed it. One of the things I liked best about the film was that it avoided most of the clichés so inherent in this type of film. The relationships were believable and complex. Even the reactions and betrayals of the people against their beloved Queen felt real and made sense in the context of the story and the times.This is not a typical love story, and it's not your typical sword and sorcery flick. For anyone looking for lots of magic or swashbuckling sword play, you will be disappointed. The magic here is realistically spiritual and earth-based, not sparkling lights and instant fire spells. The film does a very good job of taking us back into the past and showing us what daily life and religious practices were probably really like in this time and place.Now that I know it is based on traditional Czech legends I understand why it seemed as if the movie was trying to truncate a much longer story. Much like "Lord of the Rings", if you don't know the whole tale, the movie can seem a bit disjointed. The lengthy synopsis (with spoilers) relates the legend as it was supposedly told in the movie, but it did not actually follow the movie itself. If you read that synopsis before viewing the movie you may be confused. On it's own, this movie never failed to entertain, but it did seem to struggle with timing. My biggest criticism may have had to do with the problems of making a Czech movie in English, in what surely was a second language for the actors and actresses. The main actress was lovely and the most believable, and I see a lot of promise in many of the leads, but the dialog sometimes suffered with awkward phrasing and the acting was occasionally flat--particularly the male lead.From what I read in the synopsis, this was a controversial film when it was in its theater release. I'm not sure why. Perhaps because of the way it characterized an important relationship as lesbian--at least on one side. Perhaps because it portrayed the pagan way of life as so much more inherently fair and idyllic compared to what followed. Perhaps because it was so honest in it's portrayal of people generally considered legendary or mythical. The people in this film are all too human.

iogeir I saw this film at the Estepona Fantastic Film Festival where it won an award. It is a pleasantly poetic and low key indie drama set in the dark ages which is very unusual for that kind of genre. It's like Jim Jarmusch or David Lynch directing a historic film. The film feels very real but is also stylized and has a lot of contemporary themes and elements. There is a lesbian love story in it as well as ideas about the destruction of nature and the end of the old Pagan religions who were one with nature. The camera work and the music is extremely beautiful. The acting is good, mostly from the female cast who clearly own the movie. Lea Mornar as the lesbian warrior girl steals the show but the lead, Winter Ave Zoli is very good as well. If you have an opportunity watch this film, it's edgy and very different than any film I know about the dark ages.