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Svědek umírajícího času

Svědek umírajícího času

Release: 1991-02-01 ·★ 4.7
Drama History

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.

Production Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Petr Čepek Petr Čepek as Jan Jesenius Emma Černá Emma Černá as Maria Rudolf Hrušínský Rudolf Hrušínský as Rudolf II. Miloš Nedbal Miloš Nedbal as Fels Martin Huba Martin Huba as Johannes Kepler Milan Kňažko Milan Kňažko as Jan Mydlář Leoš Suchařípa Leoš Suchařípa as Pavel Michna z Vacínova Táňa Fischerová Táňa Fischerová as Floro Jan Kačer Jan Kačer as Jáchym Ondřej Šlik Stano Dančiak Stano Dančiak as Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic Ota Sklenčka Ota Sklenčka as Václav Budovec z Budova Lubomír Kostelka Lubomír Kostelka as Jindřich Matyáš Thurn Václav Knop Václav Knop as Ferdinand II. Andrej Hryc Andrej Hryc as Franz Melchiar Jan Kanyza Jan Kanyza as Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic Jiří Bartoška Jiří Bartoška as Fridrich Falcký Vít Olmer Vít Olmer as Vilém Slavata z Chlumu a Košumberka Karel Augusta Karel Augusta as Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic Bohuslav Čáp Bohuslav Čáp as Filip Fabricius Václav Vydra Václav Vydra as Albrecht Jan Smiřický Zuzana Kronerová Zuzana Kronerová as Beata Dana Hlaváčová Dana Hlaváčová as Elfrieda Vlastimil Venclík Vlastimil Venclík as Jacob Hoefnagel Bára Štěpánová Bára Štěpánová as Pia Bronislav Poloczek Bronislav Poloczek as Jakub Jan Kuželka Jan Kuželka as Gregorius Rostislav Kuba Rostislav Kuba as Ambrosius František Husák František Husák as Ostrštok Jan Teplý Jan Teplý as Přibík Jeníšek z Újezda Vladimír Hrubý Vladimír Hrubý as Priest Oldřich Velen Oldřich Velen Rudolf Hrušínský Rudolf Hrušínský Josef Karlík Josef Karlík as Tycho de Brahe František Řehák František Řehák as Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer Pavol Mikulík Pavol Mikulík as don Baltasar de Zúñiga Yvetta Kornová Yvetta Kornová as Dorotka Věra Tichánková Věra Tichánková Ladislav Křiváček Ladislav Křiváček as Seppl Zdeněk Srstka Zdeněk Srstka Zita Furková Zita Furková Vlado Černý Vlado Černý Stanislava Bartošová Stanislava Bartošová František Kovár František Kovár Peter Debnár Peter Debnár as Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic Miloš Vavruška Miloš Vavruška as Kristián I. Anhaltský Anna Maľová Anna Maľová as Bohunka Peter Bzdúch Peter Bzdúch as Zoltán Petr Drozda Petr Drozda Jiří Adamíra Jiří Adamíra as Narrator (voice) Ladislav Frej Ladislav Frej as Johannes Kepler (voice) Vladimír Ráž Vladimír Ráž as Bohuslav z Michalovic (voice) Vladimír Salač Vladimír Salač as Priest (voice) Jiří Havel Jiří Havel as Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna (voice)