Unfinished film.
An attempt at a historical show describing the suffering of the Czech people from mythical times to the Bílá hora and the tragic world wars; the film is concluded with an apotheosis of the resurrection of the nation of Hus and Žižka.
The film was never completed due to errors and endless modifications. It was probably shown in the summer of 1919 only in country cinemas. With the film and some of the actors was associated a moral affair with the Excelsiorfilm’s Actor School. The film materials are believed lost.
Sibylla/Jan Žižka z Trocnova/český bratr
kněžna Libuše
českobratrský písmák/barikádník/další jedna role
hrabě Jáchym Ondřej Šlik/koniášský inkvizitor/barikádník
písmákova žena
Jan Amos Komenský
novinář Karel Havlíček Borovský
císař Karel IV.
děvče z lidu
starší žena z lidu
český bratr
barikádník
Utrpením ke slávě
Utrpením ke slávě
Through Suffering to Glory
Utrpením k slávě
film
featuretheatrical distribution
partially realised project, lost film
historical
Czechoslovakia
1919
1919
premiere léto 1919 /unsuitable for youths/
35mm
1:1,33
black & white
silent
Czech
without dialogue
without subtitles
Czech
Czech