Synopsis
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Otakar VávraDirector
- Jiří SrnkaOriginal Music Composer
- Miloš Václav KratochvílScreenplay
- Otakar VávraScreenplay
Cast
- Zdeněk ŠtěpánekJan Žižka
- Gustav HilmarCtibor of Hvozdna
- Vlasta MatulováZdena
- Bedřich KarenProvost
- Jan PivecSigismund of Luxembourg
- Miroslav DoležalJan Bydlinsky
- Václav VoskaPetr Kanis
- Jana RybářováMarta
- Petr HaničinecOndrej from Hvozdna
- Stanislav NeumannSakristian
- Jaroslav VojtaSimon
- Bohuš ZáhorskýPeasant
Themes
based on novel or bookart housemedieval15th centuryhussite wars (1419-1434)