The May Fairy
George Voskovec and Božena Svobodová
Czech	Pohádka máje
Directed by	Karl Anton
Written by	Václav Wasserman
Based on	Pohádka máje by Vilém Mrštík
Starring	Ferdinand Kaňkovský Anna Opplová
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Production company	Elektajournal
Distributed by	Julius Schmitt
Release date	25 December 1926 (1926-12-25)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Languages	Silent Czech intertitles

The May Fairy (Czech: Pohádka máje) is a 1926 Czech silent romance film directed by Karl Anton based on a Vilém Mrštík's novel. It is credited with helping to introduce the tradition of lyricism in Czech cinema.^[1] It was shot in several locations including Prague and Vienna. Another adaptation of the novel was made in 1940 by Otakar Vávra.

Cast

• Ferdinand Kaňkovský as Forester
• Anna Opplová as Forester's Wife
• Anita Janová as Helenka
• Jarmila Horáková as Gusta
• Berta Reifová as Albína
• George Voskovec as Ríša
• Ludvík Veverka as Ríša's Friend
• Antonín Marek as Priest
• Betty Kysilková as Priest's Housekeeper
• Božena Svobodová as Ríša's Landlady
• Mary Jansová as Waiter
• Marie Počepická as Marta
• František Fišer as Jenyš
• Saša Dobrovolná as Jenyš's Mother
• Jindřich Lhoták as Nikolaus von Rittenburg
• Jan Richter as Policeman
• Ladislav H. Struna as Pimp
• Helena Zmatlíková as Helenka

Release

The film was reconstructed in 2005 and re-released in cinemas with live music by Neuvěřitelno.^[2]