Jan Hus (1954 film)
Appearance
Jan Hus | |
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Directed by | Otakar Vávra |
Written by | Otakar Vávra Milos Václav Kratochvíl |
Starring | Zdenek Stepánek Karel Höger Vlasta Matulová |
Music by | Jiři Srnka |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Czech Republic |
Language | Czech |
Jan Hus is a 1954 Czechoslovak film directed by Otakar Vávra. It is the first part of the "Hussite Revolutionary Trilogy", one of the most famous works of the Czechoslovak director, completed with Jan Žižka (1955) and Proti všem (Against All Odds, 1957).[1]
The film starred Josef Kemr.[2]
Cast
- Zdenek Stepánek as Jan Hus / Jan Zizka
- Karel Höger as Emperor Václav IV.
- Vlasta Matulová as Queen Zofie
- Ladislav Pesek as Miserere, zany
- Gustav Hilmar as Jan z Chlumu
- Vítezslav Vejrazka as Václav z Dubé
- Eduard Kohout as Lefl z Lazan
- Bedrich Karen as Pierre Cardinal d'Ailli
- Frantisek Smolík as Legat
- Otomar Krejca as Stepán Palec
References
- ^ Brian Kenety (16 September 2011). "Iconic Czech film director Otakar Vávra dies aged 100" (in Czech). Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Josef Kemr". Czech Film Database. Retrieved 15 August 2010.