Svědek umírajícího času

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.

Top Billed Cast

Petr Čepek

Jan Jesenius

Emma Černá

Maria

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf II.

Miloš Nedbal

Fels

Martin Huba

Johannes Kepler