
Pláč svatého Šebestiána
Drama · Drama
Overview
A historical film with balladic features set in 1348, when Europe was struggling with the greatest plague epidemic to date. The film strives to portray the Middle Ages as authentically as possible and to create a specific symbolic space in which ideas, dreams, and cultural archetypes are as tangible as beings and objects.
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Ondřej Malý
Ondřej Malý
Gottfried
Ondřej Malý
Gottfried
Ján Smolka
Ján Smolka
Siegfried
Ján Smolka
Siegfried


Kamila Janovičová
Kamila Janovičová
Ulrike
Kamila Janovičová
Ulrike


Matouš Ruml
Matouš Ruml
Matouš Ruml


Tereza Rumlová
Tereza Rumlová
Tereza Rumlová


Pavla Dostálová
Pavla Dostálová
Pavla Dostálová


Filip Kaňkovský
Filip Kaňkovský
Filip Kaňkovský


Jiří Kohout
Jiří Kohout
Jiří Kohout


Zdeněk Julina
Zdeněk Julina
Zdeněk Julina
Martin Sítek
Martin Sítek
Martin Sítek
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