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Little Kingdom: Directed by Peter Magat. With Alicia Agneson, Lachlan Nieboer, Brian Caspe, Klara Mucci. War. Soldier JACK deserts his unit and finds his wife Eva in isolated village in the mountains.
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- Drama, War
- Peter Magat
- 2019-11-21
2019 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and movie programming.
- Jan Žižka’S Rise to Fame
- Hussite Crusades
- Jan Žižka’S Military Genius
- Death of A Hero
- How Historically Accurate Is Medieval?
In the years leading up to Jan Žižka becoming famous, he engaged in mercenary work, before joining the court of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia and serving as chamberlain to the king’s consort. Prior to this, very little is known about him, apart from the loss of his eye when he was young. This didn’t impact his ability to fight and he took over as leader...
During the crusades, Jan Žižka was selected to lead the Hussites as part of the Bohemian Army, having distinguished himself at the Battle of Tannenberg – one of the largest engagements of the Middle Ages. It was during the Battle of Vítkov Hillthat Žižka truly made a name for himself, after Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor led his forces into Bohemia ...
Jan Žižka’s fame came from his unorthodox and incredibly effective military tactics. He’s credited with creating what’s considered by many to be the world’s first tankby attaching cannons to armored wagons – by far the most useful weapon his army held. This was an entirely new way of waging war, and it gave the Hussites a major advantage over their...
A few years after the Hussite Wars, Jan Žižka, again, found himself in the fight, this time a civil conflict. As with previous battles, he fought ferociously as leader of the Taborites, but ultimately died while on campaign against Maravia, although not from a war-related cause. On October 11, 1424, he succumbed to the plague, and was succeeded by ...
Medieval director Petr Jákl expressedhis desire to keep the story as close to the truth as possible. To do so, he worked with historian Jaroslav Čechura to ensure his portrayal of Jan Žižka was accurate to the time period. More from us: Battle of Saragarhi: 21 Sikhs vs. 10,000 Afghan Rebels That being said, he did take certain liberties, largely wh...
Charlatan (Czech: Šarlatán) is a 2020 Czech-Polish-Irish-Slovak drama directed by Agnieszka Holland based loosely on the healer Jan Mikolášek (1889–1973), who cured hundreds of people using plant-based remedies. [4]
A List of Czech films of the 2020s. About production of The Painted Bird. Sequel to Grapes and 2Grapes. Based on a book of the same name. Film about Emanuel Moravec. Coproduction with Ukraine. Based on life of Václav Havel. Coproduction with Slovakia. Based on a book of the same name.
Oct 17, 2019 · Philip Roth’s 1985 novella comes to the big screen in this new English-language, Prague-filmed adaptation from Czech director Irena Pavlásková.
A list of 100 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Marketa Lazarová (1967), The Shop on Main Street (1965), The Cremator (1969), The Valley of the Bees (1968) and The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962).
