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29/04/1955 Drama, History 2h 5m
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Overview

The first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957). The film captures the period from May 1412 to the summer of 1415, a turbulent time in the Czech Kingdom, during which there were protests in Prague against the sale of "omnipotent indulgences" whose sale throughout the kingdom was announced by Pope John XXIII. The ideological leader of this movement is the preacher Master Jan Hus, whose words, calling for the elimination of church abuses, are listened to in the Bethlehem Chapel by thousands of ordinary Praguers, Czech lords and Queen Sophie, wife of the Czech King Wenceslas IV.

  1. Otakar Vávra

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Zdeněk Štěpánek

    Jan Hus / Jan Žižka

  2. Karel Höger

    král Václav IV.

  3. Jan Pivec

    císař Zikmund

  4. Vlasta Matulová

    královna Žofie

  5. Ladislav Pešek

    Miserere - šašek

  6. Gustav Hilmar

    Jan z Chlumu

  7. Vítězslav Vejražka

    Václav z Dubé

  8. Václav Voska

    Čeněk z Vartenberku

  9. Eduard Kohout

    Jindřich Leftl z Lažan

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Status
Released

Original Language
Czech

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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