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Alex Morgan
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5 min ago
★★★★★4/5

Just finished watching this. Visuals were stunning but the pacing felt a bit off in the second half. Still worth a watch!

+4
Daniel Cooper
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2 days ago
★★★★★2/5

I don't get the hype. The plot was predictable and the characters felt flat. It seems like style over substance to me. Maybe I missed something, but I was bored throughout.

+142
Priya Sharma
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15 days ago
★★★★★5/5

An absolute masterpiece. The director managed to weave complex themes into a compelling narrative without it feeling forced. The cinematography is some of the best I've seen in years. Truly a cinematic experience that stays with you.

5.8

Svědek umírajícího času

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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Svědek umírajícího času (1991) is rated ⭐ 5.75/10.
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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Top Cast

Petr Čepek

Petr Čepek

Jan Jesenius

Emma Černá

Emma Černá

Maria

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf II.

Miloš Nedbal

Miloš Nedbal

Fels

Martin Huba

Martin Huba

Johannes Kepler

Milan Kňažko

Milan Kňažko

Jan Mydlář

Leoš Suchařípa

Leoš Suchařípa

Pavel Michna z Vacínova

Táňa Fischerová

Táňa Fischerová

Floro

Jan Kačer

Jan Kačer

Jáchym Ondřej Šlik

Stano Dančiak

Stano Dančiak

Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic