Spanilá jízda
6.2
In the Hussite times, religious truth was sifted even on the tips of weapons. When in 1430 the Hussites set out on a raid to Nuremberg, the so-called Spanila Cavalry, to defend their doctrine, the young commander of the cavalry, the landowner Keřský, whose bride had once been kidnapped by a vicious crusader, saw it as an opportunity for personal revenge. Although Oldřich Daněk has tried to establish a distinctive interpretation of historical events, he reflects on where the blinded desire to punish a bad deed with further cruelty leads, but his version seems too thesis-like and lifeless, it does not rise above the descriptively illustrated scenes from old Czech chronicles...
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Cast
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Petr Kostka
Known for
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
Jiří Vala
Also in
A Prague Underworld
Byl jednou jeden dům
Oldřich Daněk
Josef Illík
Michaela Lohniská
Also in
If a Thousand Clarinets
Konečná stanice
Jaroslav Průcha
Also in
Journey Into the Depth of the Student's Soul
Silent Barricade
Martin Růžek
Known for
Happy End
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Jan F. Fischer
Jiří Holý
Known for
Witchhammer
Martin Ruzek
Prokop Veliký
Karel Höger
Known for
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Vlasta Fialová
Also in
Divá Bára
DS-70 nevyjíždí
Oldřich Daněk Director · Jan F. Fischer Composer Josef Illík Cinematographer
First release April 13, 1963 · Produced in XC
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
XC
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Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · April 13, 1963
XC · September 6, 1963
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No release date listed for United States.
Slovakia
September 6, 1963
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