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Žižka – Hrdlořez i boží bojovník (2024)

Directed by Roman Motyčka

Documentary, History

On October 11, 1424, Hussite commander Jan Žižka breathed his last breath near the castle in Přibyslav. With a little exaggeration, it can be said that he never actually died, as he immediately entered national mythology as the prototype of a brilliant military leader and a true Czech. The revolutionary events then took a slightly different course than he would have liked, but his legacy remained ever-present among the Hussites. To this day, Žižka lives on in our society, with books written and films made about him. But even after 600 years of uninterrupted interest, a significant question mark remains over the Trocnov warrior: What was he really like? A deeply religious warrior of God, or just an ordinary medieval cutthroat? Leading Czech historians, headed by Professor Petr Čornej, are attempting to answer this question.

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Cast

P
Petr Čornej Self
M
Milan Sýkora Self
P
Pavlína Cermanová Self
J
Jan Biederman Self
P
Pavel Soukup Self Viktor Zavadil
K
Kateřina Kocichová Vilém Udatný Mikuláš Čížek
P
Petr Kult
O
Oldřich Kříž Marek Pospíchal

Crew

Director
Roman Motyčka
Screenplay
Roman Motyčka, Robert Novotný
Director of Photography
Jiří Berka
Original Music Composer
Jakub Krajíček
Editor
Tomáš Simper

Details

Release date
2024-10-08
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
CS
Spoken languages
Czech
Countries
Czech Republic
Production
Česká televize