Svědek umírajícího času (1991)
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.
Director:
Miloslav Luther
Writer:
Vladimír Körner
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Petr Čepek as Jan Jesenius |
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Emma Černá as Maria |
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Rudolf Hrušínský as Rudolf II. |
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Miloš Nedbal as Fels |
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Martin Huba as Johannes Kepler |
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Milan Kňažko as Jan Mydlář |
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Leoš Suchařípa as Pavel Michna z Vacínova |
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Táňa Fischerová as Floro |
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Jan Kačer as Jáchym Ondřej Šlik |
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Stano Dančiak as Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic |
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Mikuláš Huba as Bohuslav z Michalovic |
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Ota Sklenčka as Václav Budovec z Budova |
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Lubomír Kostelka as Jindřich Matyáš Thurn |
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Václav Knop as Ferdinand II. |
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Andrej Hryc as Franz Melchiar |
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Jan Kanyza as Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic |
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Jiří Bartoška as Fridrich Falcký |
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Vít Olmer as Vilém Slavata z Chlumu a Košumberka |
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Karel Augusta as Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic |
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Bohuslav Čáp as Filip Fabricius |
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Václav Vydra as Albrecht Jan Smiřický |
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Zuzana Kronerová as Beata |
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Jiří Kostka as Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic |
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Dana Hlaváčová as Elfrieda |
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Vlastimil Venclík as Jacob Hoefnagel |
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Bára Štěpánová as Pia |
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Bronislav Poloczek as Jakub |
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Jan Kuželka as Gregorius |
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Rostislav Kuba as Ambrosius |
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František Husák as Ostrštok |
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Jan Teplý as Přibík Jeníšek z Újezda |
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Marta Richterová as |
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Vladimír Hrubý as Priest |
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Oldřich Velen as |
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Rudolf Hrušínský as |
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Milan Riehs as |
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Josef Karlík as Tycho de Brahe |
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František Řehák as Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer |
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Pavol Mikulík as don Baltasar de Zúñiga |
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Karel Brožek as David Lippach |
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Milan Klacek as Filip Lang z Langenfelsu |
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Yvetta Kornová as Dorotka |
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Věra Tichánková as |
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Ladislav Křiváček as Seppl |
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Zdeněk Srstka as |
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Václav Kaňkovský as |
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Zita Furková as |
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Stanislav Hájek as |
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Josef Žluťák Hrubý as |
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Václav Kotva as |
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Vlado Černý as |
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Kateřina Urbancová as |
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Stanislava Bartošová as |
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Miloš Pietor as |
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František Kovár as |
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Peter Debnár as Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic |
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Jiří Prýmek as Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna |
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Karel Fořt as Announcer |
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Miloš Vavruška as Kristián I. Anhaltský |
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Anna Maľová as Bohunka |
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Bohuslav Ličman as Sabinus |
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František Kubíček as Old Fisher |
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Jožka Stoklasa as Tobias |
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Peter Bzdúch as Zoltán |
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Petr Drozda as |
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Jiří Adamíra as Narrator (voice) |
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Gustav Opočenský as Fels (voice) |
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Ladislav Frej as Johannes Kepler (voice) |
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Vladimír Ráž as Bohuslav z Michalovic (voice) |
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Daniela Bartáková as Beata (voice) |
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Steva Maršálek as Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic (voice) |
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Vladimír Salač as Priest (voice) |
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Radan Rusev as Seppl (voice) |
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Jiří Zavřel as Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic (voice) |
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Jiří Havel as Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna (voice) |
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Ladislav Krečmer as Announcer (voice) |
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Mirko Musil as Old Fisher (voice) |
| Directing | Miloslav Luther | Director |
| Writing | Jiří Blažek | Creative Producer |
| Production | Jiří Ulrich | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Vladimír Körner | Screenplay |
| Directing | Marian Puobiš | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jan Křížek | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Eliška Moulisová | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dagmar Zelenková | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Vladimír Körner | Story |
| Crew | Miroslav Vaic | Dramaturgy |
| Crew | Marian Puobiš | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Ivan Šlapeta | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ladislav Chroust | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jiří Maxa | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jiří Hlupý | Production Design |
| Art | Václav Hlávka | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Jan Petrů | Set Decoration |
| Art | Dana Smržová | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ivan Ernyei | Set Decoration |
| Art | Pavel Svoboda | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Kropáček | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Věnceslava Vrtišková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Naděžda Jirásková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Vlková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Šimon | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bobo Sobotka | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Farkaš | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Brijarová | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
| Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Kříž | Sound |
| Sound | Adolf Werner | Sound Assistant |
| Crew | Ladislav Vobecký | Special Effects |
| Crew | Zdeněk Srstka | Stunts |
| Crew | Jaroslav Tomsa | Stunts |
| Production | Karel Kochman | Production Manager |
| Production | Petr Prejda | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Karel Engel | Stunts |
| Production | Věra Lukášová | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Eliška Sekavová | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jana Příkaská | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Aleš Týbl | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Michal Caban | Assistant Production Manager |
| Crew | František Michálek | Technical Advisor |
| Camera | Helena Friedlová | Clapper Loader |
| Lighting | Otta Pšenička | Gaffer |
| Camera | Jaroslav Trousil | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Jiří Bulis | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mario Klemens | Conductor |
| Sound | František Pok | Conductor |
