“How would you introduce me? Dear Papa, this guy I met in jail. His cow is waiting outside the park, but otherwise he is perfect. I want to see your father’s blessings…”
Šíleně smutná princezna / The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968) dir. by Bořivoj Zeman.
Looks like it could be from ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ by Hans Christian Andersen. The artist is Artuš Scheiner - an artist from Prague very active in the 1920′s. Most of his work was published in Austria and the Czech Republic.
This is a dark tale. A grim tale. It’s a tale from another time, a time when wolves waited for girls in the forest, beasts paced the halls of cursed castles, and witches lurked in gingerbread houses with sugar-kissed roofs.
