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.
Genre : DramaHistory
0Release Date : 1991-02-01

(Jan Jesenius)

(Maria)

(Rudolf II.)

(Fels)

(Johannes Kepler)

(Jan Mydlář)

(Pavel Michna z Vacínova)

(Floro)

(Jáchym Ondřej Šlik)

(Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic)
(Bohuslav z Michalovic)

(Václav Budovec z Budova)

(Jindřich Matyáš Thurn)

(Ferdinand II.)

(Franz Melchiar)

(Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic)

(Fridrich Falcký)

(Vilém Slavata z Chlumu a Košumberka)

(Jaroslav Bořita z Martinic)

(Filip Fabricius)

(Albrecht Jan Smiřický)

(Beata)
(Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic)

(Elfrieda)

(Jacob Hoefnagel)

(Pia)

(Jakub)

(Gregorius)

(Ambrosius)

(Ostrštok)

(Přibík Jeníšek z Újezda)
( - )

(Priest)

( - )

( - )
( - )

(Tycho de Brahe)

(Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer)

(don Baltasar de Zúñiga)
(David Lippach)
(Filip Lang z Langenfelsu)

(Dorotka)

( - )

(Seppl)

( - )
( - )

( - )
( - )
( - )
( - )

( - )
( - )

( - )
( - )

( - )

(Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic)
(Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna)
(Announcer)

(Kristián I. Anhaltský)

(Bohunka)
(Sabinus)
(Old Fisher)
(Tobias)

(Zoltán)

( - )

(Narrator (voice))
(Fels (voice))

(Johannes Kepler (voice))

(Bohuslav z Michalovic (voice))
(Beata (voice))
(Kašpar Kaplíř ze Sulevic (voice))

(Priest (voice))
(Seppl (voice))
(Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkovic (voice))

(Jan Daniel Kapr z Kaprštejna (voice))
(Announcer (voice))
(Old Fisher (voice))