Overview
After the battle of Sudoměř the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Prague citizens request help against the army of Zikmund. The Hussite army with Jan Žižka in the lead make their way towards Prague. They fortify themselves on the mountain Vítkov and engage in a bloody battle with Zikmund’s huge army.
Director and cast
- Otakar Vávra Director
- Zdeněk Štěpánek as Jan Žižka
- Gustav Hilmar as Ctibor of Hvozdna
- Vlasta Matulová as Zdena
- Bedřich Karen as Provost
- Jan Pivec as Sigismund of Luxembourg
- Miroslav Doležal as Jan Bydlinsky
- Václav Voska as Petr Kanis
- Jana Rybářová as Marta
- Petr Haničinec as Ondrej from Hvozdna
- Stanislav Neumann as Sakristian
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