Jan Hus
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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.
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Part of The Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy
3 films
Cast
71 people
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Jan Hus / Jan Žižka
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
Karel Höger
král Václav IV.
Known for
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Jan Pivec
císař Zikmund
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F. L. Věk
Zaostřit prosím!
Vlasta Matulová
královna Žofie
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Veselý souboj
Modrý závoj
Ladislav Pešek
Miserere - šašek
Known for
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Gustav Hilmar
Jan z Chlumu
Also in
Městečko na dlani
Eva Fools Around
Vítězslav Vejražka
Václav z Dubé
Also in
The Devil's Trap
Princ a chuďas
Václav Voska
Čeněk z Vartenberku
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Eduard Kohout
Jindřich Leftl z Lažan
Known for
The Cremator
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Bedřich Karen
kardinál Pierre d'Ailli
Also in
The White Disease
The Devil's Trap
František Smolík
papežský legát
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
Otomar Krejča
Štěpán z Pálce
Also in
Distant Journey
Man in Outer Space
Otakar Vávra Director · Miloš Václav Kratochvíl Screenplay Alois Jirásek Author
Director Screenplay Story
Otakar Vávra
Screenplay Story Author
Miloš Václav Kratochvíl
Author
Alois Jirásek
Composer
Jiří Srnka
Cinematographer
Václav Hanuš
Editor
Antonín Zelenka
Production designer
Karel Škvor
Costume designer
Jiří Trnka
Costume designer
J. M. Gottlieb
Costume designer
Fernand Vácha
First release April 29, 1955 · Produced in XC, Czechia
Production
Studio uměleckého filmu Praha
Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · April 29, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
February 10, 1958 · Theatrical
XC
May 6, 1955 · TV · ČST
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