Juggling in Movies
The Emperor and the Golem (1952)
[Jan Werich, Marie Vásová, Natasa Gollová, Bohus Záhorský, Jirí Plachý]
Czechoslovakia. Original title: Carev pekar. Alternate titles: Cisaruv Pekar, Pekaruv cisar. Rudolph II, the Holy Roman Emperor, does not have a simple life. And yet he manages to complicate it even more with his frequent outbursts of anger. While he searches for a mythical Golem, an animated clay statue, Matthew the Baker is thrown into the dungeon for selling the special buns for the emperor to people. Matthew is accidentally mistaken for the emperor and takes his place. And when the Golem is finally found, it will complicate things beyond comprehension.
At 0:49:45, one man
juggles 3 torches
with 3 behind the back throws, while a second man juggles 5 rings next
to him. They both stand in front of a stage, while 2 acrobats perform
on the stage behind them. They are seen for 20 seconds.
At 1:55:38, is Vladimír Svitácek, who is credited as
a juggler. He is seen several times over a 25 second period during a
song, doing a
cascade with 2 apples.
