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.
Release Date : Feb 01, 1991
Production Company : Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries : Czechoslovakia
Original Language : Český, Deutsch
Casts : Petr Čepek, Emma Černá, Rudolf Hrušínský, Miloš Nedbal, Martin Huba, Milan Kňažko, Leoš Suchařípa, Táňa Fischerová, Jan Kačer, Stano Dančiak, Mikuláš Huba
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Status : Released
Budget : 0
Revenue : 0
