Release, runtime and language

1969 · 87 mins · Czech

Directed by

Hynek Bočan

Starring

Rudolf Hrušínský, Iva Janžurová, Josef Dvořák, Jaromír Hanzlík, Lubomír Lipský, Karel Engel

Set at the end of the Thirty Years’ War, Hynek Bočan’s drama examines the Czech nation’s wavering resolve under foreign rule and the misery that aristocrats endure. Rudolf Hrušínský plays a knight urged in vain to join the anti‑Habsburg resistance, as the mud‑laden farmstead depicted secures its place beside classics such as Kladivo na čarodějnice.