Synopsis
Four years after the death of Jan Hus is growing among the people the spirit of rebellion instigated by the preaching of John Želivského. After the attack on the people of New Town Hall is leading the people and the yeoman Jan Zizka of Trocnov, the current commander of the king's guards. When the report on the defenestration King Wenceslas IV. dying and the country was divided into two camps. On the one hand there are the townsfolk who are shouting for the King Sigismund, and on the other side of the common people, taking into consideration his betrayals. The camp has become a center of the Hussite movement. On 25 March 1420 Sudoměř fought battle in which Žižkovy forces defeated multiple superiority "iron knights."  
Product Details
Length 102 min.
Production Year 1955
Subtitles  English, Czech

Format DVD (PAL)
Region All (no restriction)

Audio Czech Dolby Digital 2.0
Video 4:3

Director Otakar Vávra
Cast  Zdeněk Štěpánek, Karel Höger, Jan Pivec, Vlasta Matulová, Ladislav Pešek, František Horák, Václav Voska, Vítězslav Vejražka, Gustav Hilmar, Miloš Kopecký, Gustav Opočenský, Vladimír Leraus, Marie Tomášová, Rudolf Hrušínský, Josef Kemr, František Filipovský 

Bonuses  photos, biography and filmography, Contemporary documentation, "Recollection Otakar Vavra," an illustrated appendix, and maps of battles

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