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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.
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1991-02-01
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Jan Jesenius
Maria
Rudolf II.
Fels
Johannes Kepler
Jan Mydlář
Pavel Michna z Vacínova
Floro
Jáchym Ondřej Šlik
Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic
Bohuslav z Michalovic
Václav Budovec z Budova
Jindřich Matyáš Thurn
Ferdinand II.
Franz Melchiar
Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic
Fridrich Falcký
Vilém Slavata z Chlumu a Košumberka
Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic
Filip Fabricius
Albrecht Jan Smiřický
Beata
Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic
Elfrieda
Jacob Hoefnagel
Pia
Jakub
Gregorius
Ambrosius
Ostrštok
Přibík Jeníšek z Újezda
Priest
Tycho de Brahe
Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer
don Baltasar de Zúñiga
David Lippach
Filip Lang z Langenfelsu
Dorotka
Seppl
Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic
Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna
Announcer
Kristián I. Anhaltský
Bohunka
Sabinus
Old Fisher
Tobias
Zoltán
Narrator (voice)
Fels (voice)
Johannes Kepler (voice)
Bohuslav z Michalovic (voice)
Beata (voice)
Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic (voice)
Priest (voice)
Seppl (voice)
Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic (voice)
Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna (voice)
Announcer (voice)
Old Fisher (voice)
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