Svědek umírajícího času

At the beginning was the Slovak television series Lekár umierajúceho czasu (Doctor of Dying Time), dedicated to the Rudolphine-era scientist Jan Jesenius. He ended up on the scaffold along with other gentlemen after losing the anti-Habsburg uprising. When director Miloslav Luther conceived the idea of making an abridged version of the footage for cinema, he had to not only rebuild the storyline but also dub it into Czech. However, the result was only an illustrative puzzle, describing the various stages of the hero's turbulent life.

Petr Čepek

Jan Jesenius

Emma Černá

Maria

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf II.

Miloš Nedbal

Fels

Martin Huba

Johannes Kepler

Milan Kňažko

Jan Mydlář

Leoš Suchařípa

Pavel Michna z Vacínova

Táňa Fischerová

Floro

Jan Kačer

Jáchym Ondřej Šlik

Stano Dančiak

Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic

Mikuláš Huba

Bohuslav z Michalovic

Ota Sklenčka

Václav Budovec z Budova

Lubomír Kostelka

Jindřich Matyáš Thurn

Václav Knop

Ferdinand II.

Andrej Hryc

Franz Melchiar

Jan Kanyza

Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic

• Miloslav LutherDirector
• Vladimír KörnerScreenplay · Story
• Jiří UlrichExecutive Producer
• Ivan ŠlapetaDirector of Photography
• Jiří BulisOriginal Music Composer
• Jiří BrožekEditor

Release date

February 1, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

Czech

Genres

Drama, History

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