Svědek umírajícího času

1991

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History

Overview

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.

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77 members

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Petr Čepek

Jan Jesenius

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Emma Černá

Maria

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Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf II.

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Miloš Nedbal

Fels

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Martin Huba

Johannes Kepler

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Milan Kňažko

Jan Mydlář

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Leoš Suchařípa

Pavel Michna z Vacínova

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Táňa Fischerová

Floro

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Jan Kačer

Jáchym Ondřej Šlik

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Stano Dančiak

Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic

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Mikuláš Huba

Bohuslav z Michalovic

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Ota Sklenčka

Václav Budovec z Budova

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Lubomír Kostelka

Jindřich Matyáš Thurn

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Václav Knop

Ferdinand II.

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Andrej Hryc

Franz Melchiar

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Jan Kanyza

Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic

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Jiří Bartoška

Fridrich Falcký

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Vít Olmer

Vilém Slavata z Chlumu a Košumberka

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Karel Augusta

Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic

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Bohuslav Čáp

Filip Fabricius

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Václav Vydra

Albrecht Jan Smiřický

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Zuzana Kronerová

Beata

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Jiří Kostka

Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic

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Dana Hlaváčová

Elfrieda

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Vlastimil Venclík

Jacob Hoefnagel

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Bára Štěpánová

Pia

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Bronislav Poloczek

Jakub

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Jan Kuželka

Gregorius

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Rostislav Kuba

Ambrosius

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František Husák

Ostrštok

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Jan Teplý

Přibík Jeníšek z Újezda

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Marta Richterová

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Vladimír Hrubý

Priest

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Oldřich Velen

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Rudolf Hrušínský

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Milan Riehs

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Josef Karlík

Tycho de Brahe

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František Řehák

Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer

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Pavol Mikulík

don Baltasar de Zúñiga

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Karel Brožek

David Lippach

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Milan Klacek

Filip Lang z Langenfelsu

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Yvetta Kornová

Dorotka

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Věra Tichánková

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Ladislav Křiváček

Seppl

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Zdeněk Srstka

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Václav Kaňkovský

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Zita Furková

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Stanislav Hájek

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Josef Žluťák Hrubý

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Václav Kotva

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Vlado Černý

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Kateřina Urbancová

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Stanislava Bartošová

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Miloš Pietor

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František Kovár

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Peter Debnár

Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic

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Jiří Prýmek

Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna

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Karel Fořt

Announcer

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Miloš Vavruška

Kristián I. Anhaltský

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Anna Maľová

Bohunka

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Bohuslav Ličman

Sabinus

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František Kubíček

Old Fisher

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Jožka Stoklasa

Tobias

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Peter Bzdúch

Zoltán

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Petr Drozda

Unknown Role

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Jiří Adamíra

Narrator (voice)

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Gustav Opočenský

Fels (voice)

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Ladislav Frej

Johannes Kepler (voice)

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Vladimír Ráž

Bohuslav z Michalovic (voice)

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Daniela Bartáková

Beata (voice)

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Steva Maršálek

Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic (voice)

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Vladimír Salač

Priest (voice)

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Radan Rusev

Seppl (voice)

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Jiří Zavřel

Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic (voice)

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Jiří Havel

Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna (voice)

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Ladislav Krečmer

Announcer (voice)

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Mirko Musil

Old Fisher (voice)

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