Directed by:
Jan S. KolárCast:
Zdeněk Štěpánek, Bohumil Heš, Jindřich Edl, Theodor Pištěk, Jan S. Kolár, Josef Rovenský, Gustav Svojsík, Jan W. Speerger, Dagny Servaes, Vera Baranovskaja (more)Plots(1)
Opulent and so far the only film adaptation of the Czech patron saint’s life story. This high-budget silent film from 1929 was made for the millennial anniversary of Wenceslas’ death. At the time, it was the most expensive and epic Czechoslovak film. (Finále Plzeň)
Cast
Karel Schleichert
Austrian Empire
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Raymond Guérin-Catelain
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St. Wenceslas (1929)
Otto Zahrádka
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Vladimír Slavínský
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Jaroslav Vojta
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Alois Charvát
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Jaro Hykman
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Emil Dlesk
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Přemysl Pražský
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Eduard Šimáček
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Jaroslav Marvan
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Věra Hlavatá
Austria-Hungary
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St. Wenceslas (1929)
Růžena Gottliebová
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Nája Reti
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Ludmila Dostálová
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F. X. Mlejnek
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Fred Bulín
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Don't Make Grandpa Angry (1934)
Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Colonel Svec (1929)
Antonín Šolc
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Skeleton on Horseback (1937)
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
Girl in Blue (1939)