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On Midsummer Eve, Lidunka hopes to see her beloved Vojtech reflected in the village well, following a custom said to reveal a girl’s future husband. Her mother favors the wealthy older Janek, and Lidunka consults Veruna, the village sorceress. Both suitors climb a tree to ensure their reflections appear, but Janek falls into the well just before Lidunka arrives. The confusion is eventually resolved, and Lidunka marries Vojtech.
At a village fair, Mařenka and Jeník declare their love, though her parents want her to marry Vašek, the son of a wealthy landowner. The marriage broker Kecal offers Jeník money to give Mařenka up. Jeník appears to agree, but stipulates that she may marry only a son of Mícha. Meanwhile, Mařenka meets Vašek in disguise and persuades him to give up the marriage. When she learns about Jeník’s contract, she believes he has betrayed her and agrees to marry Vašek. Jeník is then revealed as Mícha’s elder son, fulfilling the contract. Mařenka understands his scheme and they marry; Vašek’s antics in a bear costume convince his parents he is not ready for marriage.
During the Brandenburg occupation of Bohemia, Prague’s mayor Volfram suffers the plundering of the city and the detention of his daughters by the occupying troops. His daughter Ludiše rejects Jan Tausendmark, who joins the occupiers. The serf Jíra is accused of leading a revolt and condemned to death, but Junoš rescues him. Tausendmark fails to secure Ludiše, and the Brandenburgers are driven from Prague as the city is liberated.
On Midsummer Eve, Lidunka hopes to see her beloved Vojtech reflected in the village well, following a custom said to reveal a girl’s future husband. Her mother favors the wealthy older Janek, and Lidunka consults Veruna, the village sorceress. Both suitors climb a tree to ensure their reflections appear, but Janek falls into the well just before Lidunka arrives. The confusion is eventually resolved, and Lidunka marries Vojtech.
At a village fair, Mařenka and Jeník declare their love, though her parents want her to marry Vašek, the son of a wealthy landowner. The marriage broker Kecal offers Jeník money to give Mařenka up. Jeník appears to agree, but stipulates that she may marry only a son of Mícha. Meanwhile, Mařenka meets Vašek in disguise and persuades him to give up the marriage. When she learns about Jeník’s contract, she believes he has betrayed her and agrees to marry Vašek. Jeník is then revealed as Mícha’s elder son, fulfilling the contract. Mařenka understands his scheme and they marry; Vašek’s antics in a bear costume convince his parents he is not ready for marriage.
During the Brandenburg occupation of Bohemia, Prague’s mayor Volfram suffers the plundering of the city and the detention of his daughters by the occupying troops. His daughter Ludiše rejects Jan Tausendmark, who joins the occupiers. The serf Jíra is accused of leading a revolt and condemned to death, but Junoš rescues him. Tausendmark fails to secure Ludiše, and the Brandenburgers are driven from Prague as the city is liberated.