Overview
Czechoslovak historical film about Saint Wenceslas. It was the most expensive Czech film to date, with the largest set constructed in Europe to accommodate an all-star cast of over a hundred, together with 1,000 extras for the lavish battle scenes.
Fun facts
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Box office
Made on a $125K budget
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Music
Music by Oskar Nedbal and Jaroslav Křička
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Václav Vích, Jindřich Brichta and 3 more
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jan S. KolárScreenplay, Story
- Josef MunclingerScreenplay, Story
- František HorkýScreenplay
- Original title
- Svatý Václav
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 4, 1930
- Original language
- Czech
- Budget
- $125K
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
Production
Cast
Zdeněk ŠtěpánekSaint Václav I, Duke of Bohemia
Jan W. Speerger
Vera BaranovskayaLudmila
Dagny Servaes- Jindřich EdlSenior
Theodor PištěkKosvan- Bohumil Heš
- Gustav Svojsík
Jan S. Kolár
Jiří Steimar- Josef Loskot
Máňa Ženíšková
Anita Janová
Josef Rovenský- Emil Focht
Jindřich Lhoták- Josef Novák
- Jan Marek
Vladimír Majer- F. X. Mlejnek
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