The Counter-Reformation period: Myslivec Machovec is forced by representatives of the Jesuit order to flee his home for his religious beliefs. His teenage children Helenka and Tomáš do not give up the faith and traditions of the Czech Brethren despite the increasing pressure.
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Ladislav Boháč
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Kariéra
Jiřina Švorcová
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Eduard Cupák
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Theodor Pištěk
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Helena Friedlová
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Svatopluk Majer
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Jaroslav Raušer
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Jarmila Zítková
Zdeněk Kampf
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Miloš Nedbal
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Ladislav Kulhánek
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Vítězslav Vejražka
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Princ a chuďas
Karel Steklý Director · Alois Jirásek Author Jan Seidel Composer
First release August 24, 1951 · Produced in XC
Production
Československý státní film
Production
XC
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Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · August 24, 1951
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No release date listed for United States.
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