Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Dandelion Crown, The (1993) Rating: Starring: Jan Preucil, Miriam Stepanova Director: Klaas Rusticus Category: Drama Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 41 mins     The Dandelion Crown's engrossing imagery is set to Czech composer Leos Janacek's (1854-1928) 'Glagolitic Mass' perhaps his most important work. Janacek, born the son of a Moravian schoolmaster and organist, seemed set to follow in his father's footsteps in the quiet backwater of a small town. His music however gradually began to be influenced by Moravian folk songs and these were to contribute to his operatic work in particular. The story of The Dandelion Crown is allegorical. It shows how an insignificant member of society struggles to maintain her own unique individuality and refuses to go along with the crowd. It also portrays a ritualistic world in which the voice of the individual must always under all circumstances be silenced. But it does offer the final consolation that the leader of the Inquisition cannot escape his own just punishment.