Svědek umírajícího času

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Petr ČepekJan Jesenius

Emma ČernáMaria

Rudolf HrušínskýRudolf II.

Miloš NedbalFels

Martin HubaJohannes Kepler

Milan KňažkoJan Mydlář

Leoš SuchařípaPavel Michna z Vacínova

Táňa FischerováFloro

Jan KačerJáchym Ondřej Šlik

Stano DančiakKryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic

Mikuláš Huba

Mikuláš HubaBohuslav z Michalovic

Ota SklenčkaVáclav Budovec z Budova